accentual
— Adjective
– English
~ of or pertaining to accent or stress
accentual
— Adjective
– English
~ (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
accentuate
— Verb
– English
~ to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
accentuate
— Verb
– English
~ put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
accentuation
— Noun
– English
~ the act of giving special importance or significance to something
accentuation
— Noun
– English
~ the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
accept
— Verb
– English
~ take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person; "I'll accept the charges"; "She agreed to bear the responsibility"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ react favorably to; consider right and proper; "People did not accept atonal music at that time"; "We accept the idea of universal health care"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ consider or hold as true; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal; "The cow accepted the bull"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
accept
— Verb
– English
~ receive (a report) officially, as from a committee
acceptability
— Noun
– English
~ satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards