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accent
noun(ac-cent)
special importance or significance
Synonyms: emphasis,
Examples:
The room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents.
accent
verb(ac-cent)
to stress, single out as important
Synonyms: accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
accent
noun(ac-cent)
distinctive manner of oral expression
Synonyms: speech pattern,
Examples:
He couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent.
accent
noun(ac-cent)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
Synonyms: emphasis, stress,
accent
noun(ac-cent)
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
Synonyms: dialect, idiom,
Examples:
He has a strong German accent.
accent
noun(ac-cent)
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Synonyms: accent mark,
accent
verb(ac-cent)
put stress on; utter with an accent
Synonyms: accentuate, stress,
Examples:
In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word.

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