adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
more
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A more emphatic outline can be achieved by making a second cut round the outside of the first outline.
■ NOUN
victory
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Cardiff recorded two emphatic victories in 24 hours, winning 9-2 against Whitley Warriors and 13-2 at Billingham.
win
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But Warrington achieved an emphatic win over Widnes with a highly disciplined performance.
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It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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an emphatic victory
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Dale's answer was an emphatic "No!"
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And about this Eliot is again uncharacteristically emphatic , as well as eloquent.
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However, it has to be explained why this should be so, and what an emphatic effect is.
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In a number of passages there are emphatic statements that he had come to fulfil the scriptures.
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It has the emphatic clarity of black-figure incision but is capable of much more subtle modulation.
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It was an emphatic win and a remarkable turnaround in his fortunes.
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That critical need is obvious from abundant other evidence, but the Gulf War provides emphatic verification.
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That is the emphatic point; the tone of the book, its whole direction, is thereby established.