Definition of accent - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Noun

distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn''t suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

Noun

special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

Noun

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"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"

Noun

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

Noun

a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Verb

to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

Verb

put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

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Synonyms

accent mark accentuate dialect emphasis emphasise emphasize idiom punctuate speech pattern stress

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More General Terms

articulate diacritic diacritical mark enounce enunciate evince express grandness importance inflection non-standard speech pronounce pronunciation prosody say show sound out

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More Specific Terms

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

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