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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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