Hypernyms for "accent"

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Hypernyms

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accentuation acute acute accent ague background bear down bring out downplay drawl drive home emphasise emphasize eye dialect focus grave grave accent patois pitch accent play down point up press home ram home re-emphasise re-emphasize sentence stress set off stress stress mark tonic accent topicalize underline underscore word accent word stress
What are hypernyms?

Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.

Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.

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