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accent has definitions from the fields of rhetoric,linguistics
1
[ noun ] (linguistics) distinctive manner of oral expression

Synonyms

speech_pattern

Examples

"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent" "she had a very clear speech pattern"

2
[ verb ] direct attention to, as if by means of contrast

Synonyms

emphasize accentuate stress set_off bring_out

Examples

"This dress accentuates your nice figure!" "I set off these words by brackets"

3
[ noun ] special importance or significance

Synonyms

emphasis

Examples

"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis" "the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"

4
[ noun ] (linguistics) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

Synonyms

dialect idiom

Examples

"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English" "he has a strong German accent"

5
[ noun ] (rhetoric) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

Synonyms

stress accentuation emphasis

Examples

"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

6
[ verb ] put stress on; utter with an accent

Synonyms

stress accentuate

Examples

"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

7
[ verb ] to stress, single out as important

Synonyms

stress emphasize accentuate emphasise punctuate

Examples

: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet."

8
[ noun ] a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or (in some languages) placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Synonyms

accent_mark

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Similar Spelling

accent acentric accentor accented accentual accenting accentuate account acanthus

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