Meaning of accent
Definition of accent
(noun)
distinctive
manner
of
oral
expression; "he couldn't
suppress
his
contemptuous
accent"; "she had a
very
clear
speech
pattern"
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"
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"
the
relative
prominence
of a
syllable
or
musical
note
(especially with
regard
to
stress
or pitch); "he put the
stress
on the
wrong
syllable"
a
diacritical
mark
used
to
indicate
stress
or
placed
above
a
vowel
to
indicate
a
special
pronunciation
the act of
assigning
(someone or something) to a
particular
class
or
category
(verb)
put
stress
on;
utter
with an accent; "In Farsi, you
accent
the
last
syllable
of
each
word"
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