emphatic

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪmˈfætɪk/

Adjective

Characterized by emphasis; forceful. / Stated with conviction. / (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.

Japanese Meaning

強調された、または力強く表現された / 確信を持って述べられた / （文法）強意を表すための活用形。具体的には、助動詞 do と to を伴わない不定詞を組み合わせた構文

What is this buttons?

Her emphatic denial convinced everyone in the room.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女の強い否定は部屋の全員を納得させた。

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Sense（1）

Characterized by emphasis; forceful.

Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.

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Sense（2）

Stated with conviction.

He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

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Sense（3）

(grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.

Sense（4）

pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages

Sense（5）

ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages

Sense（6）

(phonology, archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

more emphatic

（ comparative ）

most emphatic

（ superlative ）

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