accent
— Verb
– English
～ put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
accent
— Noun
– English
～ a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
accent
— Noun
– English
～ 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"
accent
— Noun
– English
～ the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
accent
— Noun
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～ distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
accent
— Noun
– English
～ 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"
accented
— Adjective
– English
～ bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'"
accented
— Adjective
– English
～ (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word"
accenting
— Noun
– English
～ the act of giving special importance or significance to something
accentor
— Noun
– English
～ small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
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
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～ 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"