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accent
  1. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
  2. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
  3. (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
  4. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
  5. (linguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
  6. (linguistics) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
  7. A word; a significant tone or sound.
  8. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
  9. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
  10. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
  11. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
  12. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
  13. (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
  14. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
  15. (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.
  16. (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
  17. (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches.
  18. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
  19. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
  20. A distinctive feature or quality.
  21. (archaic) Utterance.
  22. Synonyms:
  23. Examples:
    1. “Young Frank, in particular, has a classic southern accent and pronunciation.”
      “There was a mismatch between theory and understanding, when the accent should have been on continuous learning.”
      “TO-mah-to, they called them in Calcutta, with the accent on the first syllable, making no distinction between singular or plural.”
accentuation
  1. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
  2. (music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In her beautiful performance, the singer's accentuation of the high notes brought a mesmerizing intensity to the song.”
      “And the price of buying short term relief would be the accentuation of long term pressures.”
      “A different kind of divergence occurs when the accentuation of words changes.”
accentuality
  1. The quality of being accentual.
accentuator
accentedness
  1. Quality of being accented.
accentlessness
  1. Absence of an accent.
accentuations
  1. plural of accentuation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I found that phrases in the opening got lost because of some odd accentuations.”
      “The striking accentuations for the exterior are supplemented with a sporty interior ambience.”
      “She can then add accentuations or even beats to an established phrase.”
accentuators
accents
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