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Meaning of accent

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  accent
      n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't
           suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear
           speech pattern" [syn: {accent}, {speech pattern}]
      2: 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" [syn:
         {emphasis}, {accent}]
      3: 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" [syn:
         {dialect}, {idiom}, {accent}]
      4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
         (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
         stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: {stress}, {emphasis},
         {accent}]
      5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a
         vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: {accent},
         {accent mark}]
      v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
           exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: {stress},
           {emphasize}, {emphasise}, {punctuate}, {accent},
           {accentuate}]
      2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
         the last syllable of each word" [syn: {stress}, {accent},
         {accentuate}]

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