Accent Synonyms & Definitions

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• AccentDefinition & Meaning in English

  1. (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.
  2. (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.
  3. (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.
  4. (n.) A word; a significant tone
  5. (n.) expressions in general; speech.
  6. (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
  7. (n.) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
  8. (n.) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
  9. (n.) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
  10. (n.) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
  11. (n.) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y, y.
  12. (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 1227, i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.
  13. (n.) A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6 10 is six feet ten inches.
  14. (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
  15. (v. t.) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

• AccentlessDefinition & Meaning in English

  1. (a.) Without accent.

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