different between ratifying vs emphatic
ratifying
English
Verb
ratifying
- present participle of ratify
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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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