accent in English

noun

1

a distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class.

a strong German accent

synonyms: pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, manner of speaking, delivery, brogue, burr, drawl, twang

2

a distinct emphasis given to a syllable or word in speech by stress or pitch.

In all but parts of eastern Slovakia, the stress is on the first syllable of a word; longer words (three or more syllables) have secondary accents .

synonyms: stress, emphasis, accentuation, force, prominence, beat, ictus

3

a special or particular emphasis.

the accent is on participation

synonyms: emphasis, stress, priority, importance, prominence

verb

1

emphasize (a particular feature).

fabrics that accent the background colors in the room

synonyms: focus attention on, draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accentuate, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, emphasize

noun

pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, manner of speaking, delivery, brogue, burr, drawl, twang
stress, emphasis, accentuation, force, prominence, beat, ictus
emphasis, stress, priority, importance, prominence
mark, diacritic, diacritical mark
dialect, idiom
accent mark
stress, emphasis
emphasis

verb

focus attention on, stress, emphasize
focus attention on, draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accentuate, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, emphasize
stress, accentuate
emphasize, punctuate, stress, accentuate

Use "accent" in a sentence

1. The Circumflex is a variant of musical accent (pitch accent) and is in opposition to the acute accent and the grave accent

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3. Accent lighting

4. Oh, an accent.

5. And your accent?

6. I've tried to pass off my accent as a convent school accent.

7. One had an accent.

8. An accent is very hard to shake and it's not just an accent.

9. One had an accent?

10. On meeting him, Barrowman tried out the character using his native Scottish accent, his normal American accent, and an English accent; Davies decided it "made it bigger if it was an American accent".

11. This video shows how to pronounce Awfulize in American accent and British accent.

12. 23 I've tried to pass off my accent as a convent school accent.

13. See double acute accent.

14. You have no accent.

15. And that phoney accent?

16. Accent Your Home with Armchairs

17. You have a funny accent.

18. Please accent the first syllable.

19. He had an unidentifiable accent.

20. Synonym: Circumflex accent; Translations

21. Led accent lighting units

22. Better with the accent.

23. A poet sometimes falsifies accent.

24. OK, Eastern European accent, and...

25. This is a secondary accent.

26. His accent was unmistakably British.

27. Accent long penultimates, otherwise Antepenultimates

28. Accent lights for indoor use

29. He mimicked her southern accent.

30. Accent Chests Bombe Chests Console Cabinets

31. I'm not speaking with an accent.

32. I can tell by your accent.

33. No, she needs a Southern accent.

34. Her posh accent is pure affectation.

35. [ Austrian accent ] I'll be back.

36. I've lost my accent entirely.

37. Did you hear that accent?

38. Everybody laughs at my accent.

39. Her genteel accent irritated me.

40. 21 Her accent was unmistakable.

41. Her posh accent is pure Affectation

42. Her posh accent is pure Affectation

43. ( With accent ) I got no problem.

44. Nothing's gone wrong with her accent.

45. The accent is on the " I. "

46. She has a broad cockney accent.

47. Diameter) Accent any wall in your home with the Medium Accent any wall in your home with the Medium Round Ivory Antiqued Classic Accent Mirror from Home Decorators Collection

48. [ German accent ] Ah, what a rifle!

49. People may consider pronunciation and accent.

50. Very thick accent for an American.