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accent
[ noun ak-sent; verb ak-sent, ak-sent ]
noun
- prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.
- degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase:
primary accent; secondary accent.
- a mark indicating stress (as (ˈ, ˌ), or (′, ″)), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ^ ), form (as French la “the” versus à “there”), or pitch.
- any similar mark.
- Prosody.
- regularly recurring stress.
- a mark indicating stress or some other distinction in pronunciation or value.
- a musical tone or pattern of pitch inherent in a particular language either as a feature essential to the identification of a vowel or a syllable or to the general acoustic character of the language. Compare tone ( def 7 ).
- Often accents.
- the unique speech patterns, inflections, choice of words, etc., that identify a particular individual:
We recognized his accents immediately. She corrected me in her usual mild accents.
- the distinctive style or tone characteristic of an author, composer, etc.:
the unmistakably Brahmsian accents of the sonata; She recognized the familiar accents of Robert Frost in the poem.
- a mode of pronunciation, as pitch or tone, emphasis pattern, or intonation, characteristic of or peculiar to the speech of a particular person, group, or locality: Compare tone ( def 5 ).
French accent; Southern accent.
- such a mode of pronunciation recognized as being of foreign origin:
He still speaks with an accent.
- Music.
- a stress or emphasis given to certain notes.
- a mark noting this.
- stress or emphasis regularly recurring as a feature of rhythm.
- Mathematics.
- a symbol used to distinguish similar quantities that differ in value, as in b ′, b ″, b ‴ (called b prime, b second or b double prime, b third or b triple prime, respectively).
- a symbol used to indicate a particular unit of measure, as feet (′) or inches (″), minutes (′) or seconds (″).
- a symbol used to indicate the order of a derivative of a function in calculus, as ′ (called f prime ) is the first derivative of a function f.
- words or tones expressive of some emotion.
- accents, words; language; speech:
He spoke in accents bold.
- distinctive character or tone:
an accent of whining complaint.
- special attention, stress, or emphasis:
an accent on accuracy.
- a detail that is emphasized by contrasting with its surroundings:
a room decorated in navy blue with two red vases as accents.
- a distinctive but subordinate pattern, motif, color, flavor, or the like:
The salad dressing had an accent of garlic.
verb (used with object)
- to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase): Compare stress ( def 12 ).
to accent the first syllable of “into”; to accent the first word of “White House.”
- to mark with a written accent or accents.
- to give emphasis or prominence to; accentuate.
accent
noun
- the characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group, esp one that betrays social or geographical origin
- a mark (such as ˈ , ˌ , ´ or `) used in writing to indicate the stress or prominence of a syllable. Such a mark may also be used to indicate that a written syllable is to be pronounced, esp when such pronunciation is not usual, as in ٳܰè
- any of various marks or symbols conventionally used in writing certain languages to indicate the quality of a vowel, or for some other purpose, such as differentiation of homographs See acute grave 2 circumflex
- (in some languages, such as Chinese) any of the tones that have phonemic value in distinguishing one word from another Compare tone
- rhythmic stress in verse or prose
- music
- stress placed on certain notes in a piece of music, indicated by a symbol printed over the note concerned
- the rhythmic pulse of a piece or passage, usually represented as the stress on the first beat of each bar See also syncopation
- maths either of two superscript symbols indicating a specific unit, such as feet (′), inches (″), minutes of arc (′), or seconds of arc (″)
- a distinctive characteristic of anything, such as taste, pattern, style, etc
- particular attention or emphasis
an accent on learning
- a strongly contrasting detail
a blue rug with red accents
verb
- to mark with an accent in writing, speech, music, etc
- to lay particular emphasis or stress on
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Գ· adjective
- ··ٳ·· [ak-, sen, -choo-, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
- ԴDz··Գ noun
- ԴDz··Գ·ed adjective
- ԴDz··Գ·ing adjective
- ··Գ verb (used with object)
- ɱ-·Գ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of accent1
Example Sentences
Speaking with a hint of a European accent and resounding optimism about the future, Hartvigsen doesn’t seem deterred by the US competitive landscape or political headwinds.
Every detail in Beth's post pointed to the same man, says Clara: "He has a Guangdong accent, he looks honest and he wears a Rolex submariner watch."
Adrian Brody won the Academy Award for best actor, even with the help of AI to fine tune his accent when he spoke Hungarian in his starring role in The Brutalist.
Four Mothers came with the additional challenge of picking up a Dublin accent, but he was able to lean on friend Andrew Scott in an effort to sound authentic.
The model had fire-resilient accented pine and large sliding glass doors on the exterior.
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