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accent > 7 senses
NOUN1accent, speech patternDistinctive manner of oral expression
2accent, emphasisSpecial importance or significance
3accent, dialect, idiomThe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
4accent, stress, emphasisThe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
5accent, accent markA diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
VERB1accent, stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accentuateTo stress, single out as important
2accent, stress, accentuatePut stress on
accent > pronunciation
Soundsae'kseh.nt; ahkseh'nt
Rhymesadmonishment, advent / Advent, announcement, and 66 more rhymes in ehnt...
accent > noun 1, communication
MeaningDistinctive manner of oral expression.
Examples"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
Synonymsspeech pattern
Broaderpronunciation
Narrowerdrawl
Verbsaccentuate
accent > noun 2, state
MeaningSpecial importance or significance.
Examples"the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
Synonymsemphasis
Broaderimportance, grandness
Narrowerstress, focus
Verbsaccent, accentuate
accent > noun 3, communication
MeaningThe usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people.
Examples"he has a strong German accent"
Synonymsdialect, idiom
Usage ofeuphonious; forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, forrad, forrard; spang, bang
Broadernon-standard speech
Narrowereye dialect; patois
Verbsaccentuate
accent > noun 4, communication
MeaningThe relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
Synonymsstress, emphasis
Broaderprosody, inflection
Narroweraccentuation; tonic accent, pitch accent; word stress, word accent; sentence stress
Adjectivesaccentual; accentual
Verbsaccent, accentuate
accent > noun 5, communication
MeaningA diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation.
Synonymsaccent mark
Categorylanguage, linguistic communication
Broaderdiacritical mark, diacritic
Narrowerstress mark; acute accent, acute, ague; grave accent, grave
Adjectivesaccentual
Verbsaccentuate
accent > verb 1, communication
MeaningTo stress, single out as important.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonymsstress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accentuate
Broaderexpress, show, evince
Narrowerbackground, play down, downplay; bring out, set off; re-emphasise, re-emphasize; bear down; topicalize; point up; drive home, ram home, press home; underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
Nounsaccent
accent > verb 2, communication
MeaningPut stress on. Utter with an accent.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Synonymsstress, accentuate
Broaderpronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
Nounsaccent

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