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accent Definition
(n)
distinctive
manner
of
oral
expression
; "
he
couldn
''
t
suppress
his
contemptuous
accent
"; "
she
had
a
very
clear
speech
pattern
"
(n)
special
importance
or
significance
; "
the
red
light
gave
the
central
figure
increased
emphasis
"; "
the
room
was
decorated
in
shades
of
gray
with
distinctive
red
accents
"
(n)
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
"
(n)
the
relative
prominence
of
a
syllable
or
musical
note
(
especially
with
regard
to
stress
or
pitch
); "
he
put
the
stress
on
the
wrong
syllable
"
(n)
a
diacritical
mark
used
to
indicate
stress
or
placed
above
a
vowel
to
indicate
a
special
pronunciation
(v)
to
stress
,
single
out
as
important
; "
Dr
.
Jones
emphasizes
exercise
in
addition
to
a
change
in
diet
"
(v)
put
stress
on
;
utter
with
an
accent
; "
In
Farsi
,
you
accent
the
last
syllable
of
each
word
"
accent Synonyms
accent
accent mark
accentuate
dialect
emphasis
emphasise
emphasize
idiom
punctuate
speech pattern
stress
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