emphatic

adj. done or said in a strong way to show that you are very sure about something.

adj. expressing something with particular emphasis or force to show conviction.

“The manager gave an emphatic 'no' when asked if the deadline could be moved.”

“The prime minister issued an emphatic denial of the allegations, insisting that the reports were entirely fabricated by political opponents.”

adj. describing a victory that is very clear and leaves no doubt who won.

adj. denoting a victory or result that is decisive and beyond dispute.

“The team had an emphatic 5-0 win in the final match of the season.”

“After a series of narrow losses, the challenger secured an emphatic victory that silenced his critics and cemented his ranking.”

adj. using the word 'do' or 'did' to make a statement stronger, like saying 'I do like it'.

adj. relating to the use of the auxiliary 'do' to provide contrastive or emotive emphasis in an affirmative statement.

“In the sentence 'I did finish my homework', the word 'did' is emphatic.”

“The teacher explained that the emphatic mood is often employed to contradict a previous negative assumption made by the listener.”

Technical

adj. describing a special way of saying certain sounds in languages like Arabic.

adj. referring to a class of obstruent consonants in Afro-Asiatic languages characterized by a guttural co-articulation.

“Arabic has several emphatic consonants that are produced deep in the throat.”

“The researcher analyzed the acoustic properties of emphatic consonants in various Semitic dialects to track phonetic shifts over time.”

Technical

n. a word or phrase, like 'really' or 'very', that makes another word stronger.

n. a lexical item or grammatical marker used to add emphasis to a statement or a specific constituent.

“In the phrase 'really big', the word 'really' acts as an emphatic.”

“The linguist noted that the speaker used multiple emphatics to compensate for a lack of descriptive adjectives in the narrative.”

Technical