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Word: Emphatic
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century: via French and late Latin from Greek emphatikos, from emphainein ‘indicate, show’ (see emphasis)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪmˈfatɪk
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛmˈfatɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
expressing something forcibly and clearly
Short Definition:showing or giving emphasis
Examples:- the children were emphatic that they would like to repeat the experience
- an emphatic movement of his hand
Definition:
(of a word or syllable) bearing the stress.
Short Definition:(of word or syllable) bearing stress
Word: Emphatic
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɪmˈfatɪk
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ɛmˈfatɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an emphatic consonant.
Short Definition:emphatic consonant
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