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accent
English
- 🔊 a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- 🔊 distinctive manner of oral expression“he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent”
- 🔊 special importance or significance“the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis”
- 🔊 the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)“he put the stress on the wrong syllable”
- 🔊 the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people“the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”
- 🔊 put stress on“In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”
- 🔊 to stress, single out as important“Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
Spanish
- 🔊 dejo accent
- 🔊 tonada accent