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# emphatic

«emphatic» in Mova's school dictionary: **said or done strongly and clearly, to show you really…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (emphatic, more emphatic); adverb emphatically

### meaning for a pupil

1) Emphatic means said or done strongly and clearly, to show you really mean it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#m1)

2) An emphatic win is a very clear win by a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In writing and speech: an emphatic «No!», emphatic body language. In sport news: an emphatic victory. Exclamation marks and bold letters can make writing emphatic. Phrases: emphatic no, emphatic victory, emphatically deny.

### examples

- Her answer was an emphatic «No!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x1)
- He nodded in an emphatic way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x2)
- The team had an emphatic 6–0 win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x3)
- She emphatically denied eating the last biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x4)
- Use an exclamation mark for an emphatic sentence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x5)
- The teacher was emphatic that phones stay in bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x6)

### note

Related: emphasis (noun), emphasise (verb). Being emphatic does not make you right; it only shows you feel strongly. In sport, an emphatic win means a big score difference.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emphatic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.