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accent


Definition: Meaning of, accent in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈæksənt /

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accent accents
[countable]
  1. the way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country they come from [↪  dialect]
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  2. the accent is on something if the accent is on a particular quality, feeling etc, special importance is given to it
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  3. the part of a word that you should emphasize when you say it [=  stress]
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  4. a written mark used above or below particular letters in some languages to show how to pronounce that letter
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
accent accented accented
Present Participle Third Person Singular
accenting accents
[transitive]
  1. to make something more noticeable so that people will pay attention to it [=  highlight]
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  2. technical to emphasize a part of a word in speech
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accent used in phrases

  • accent mark (noun)
    1. language a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
  • acute accent (noun)
    1. ' a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • grave accent (noun)
    1. ' a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
  • pitch accent (noun)
    1. emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
  • tonic accent (noun)
    1. emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
  • word accent (noun)
    1. the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
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