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accent

/ accent /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Type of:
diacritical mark diacritic
Kinds of:
stress mark acute accent acute ague grave accent
Derived:
stress accentuate
Domain:
language linguistic communication
noun Sense 2
distinctive manner of oral expression
"he couldn''t suppress his contemptuous accent"
"she had a very clear speech pattern"
Type of:
pronunciation
Kinds of:
drawl
Derived:
stress accentuate
noun Sense 3
special importance or significance
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"
Type of:
importance grandness
Kinds of:
stress focus
Derived:
stress emphasize emphasise punctuate accentuate
verb Sense 4
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Type of:
pronounce articulate enounce
Derived:
dialect idiom accent mark speech pattern stress
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun Sense 5
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Type of:
prosody inflection
Kinds of:
accentuation tonic accent pitch accent word stress word accent
Derived:
stress accentuate
noun Sense 6
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"
"he has a strong German accent"
Type of:
non-standard speech
Kinds of:
eye dialect patois
Derived:
stress accentuate
verb Sense 7
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
Type of:
express show evince
Kinds of:
background play down downplay bring out set off
Derived:
emphasis emphasizing accenting accentuation stress
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
86%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
57
Times Searched
1
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Related Words

diacritical mark diacritic stress mark acute accent acute ague grave accent pronunciation drawl importance grandness stress