different between emphasise vs emphatic
emphasise
English
Verb
emphasise (third-person singular simple present emphasises, present participle emphasising, simple past and past participle emphasised)
- (British) Alternative spelling of emphasize
Usage notes
The "s" spelling has co-existed with the "z" spelling for at least 150 years (Thackeray wrote emphasised), and is becoming more common in the UK, with the "z" spelling slowly falling out of usage.
Anagrams
- semiheaps
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emphatic
English
Alternative forms
- emphatick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????????? (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ??????? (emphaín?, “I show, present”), from ?? (en, “in”) + ????? (phaín?, “I shine, show”); related to ??????? (émphasis) and English emphasis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?fæt?k/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?m?fæt?k/
- Rhymes: -æt?k
Adjective
emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Stated with conviction.
- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
- (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
- (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Semitic languages that are distinguished from both voiced and voiceless consonants by a certain phonetic feature or features.
- pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, and other Northwest Semitic languages
- ejectives in Ge'ez, Amharic, and other Ethiopic Semitic languages
Derived terms
- emphatically
Related terms
- emphasis
- emphasise, emphasize
Translations
Noun
emphatic (plural emphatics)
- (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".
See also
- phatic
Anagrams
- empathic
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