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# emphatic

adjective (emphatic, more emphatic); adverb emphatically

«emphatic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Emphatic means said or done strongly and clearly, to show you really mean it. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x1)
- He nodded in an emphatic way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x2)
- The team had an emphatic 6–0 win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x3)
- She emphatically denied eating the last biscuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x4)
- Use an exclamation mark for an emphatic sentence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/#x5)
- The teacher was emphatic that phones stay in bags. [tree →](https://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emphatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emphatic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emphatic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emphatic.html) on Mova free.