accent
noun
1. distinctive manner of oral expression
- he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent
Definition categories: communication, pronunciation
2. special importance or significance
- the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
Similar word(s): emphasis
Definition categories: state, grandness, importance
3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- he has a strong German accent
Similar word(s): dialect, idiom
Definition categories: communication
4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
Similar word(s): emphasis, stress
Definition categories: communication, inflection, prosody
5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
Definition categories: communication, diacritic
Sentences with accent as a noun:
- In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.
- At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.
- The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.
- a foreign accent; an American, British or Australian accent
verb
1. to stress, single out as important
Similar word(s): accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress
Definition categories: communication, evince, express, show
2. put stress on; utter with an accent
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
Similar word(s): accentuate, stress
Definition categories: communication, articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say