accent
1. distinctive manner of oral expression (Freq. 5)
- he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent
- she had a very clear speech pattern
• Syn:
speech pattern
• Derivationally related forms:
accentuate
• Hypernyms:
pronunciation
• Hyponyms:
drawl
2. special importance or significance (Freq. 1)
- the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis
- the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents
• Syn:
emphasis
• Derivationally related forms:
accentuate, emphatic (for: emphasis), emphasize (for: emphasis)
• Hypernyms:
importance, grandness
• Hyponyms:
stress, focus
3. 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
• Syn:
dialect, idiom
• Derivationally related forms:
accentuate, dialectal (for: dialect)
• Members of this Usage Domain:
euphonious, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards,
forrad, forrard, spang, bang
• Hypernyms:
non-standard speech
• Hyponyms:
eye dialect, patois
4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- he put the stress on the wrong syllable
• Syn:
stress, emphasis
• Derivationally related forms:
accentual, accentuate, emphatic (for: emphasis), stress (for: stress)
• Hypernyms:
prosody, inflection
• Hyponyms:
accentuation, tonic accent, pitch accent, word stress, word accent, sentence stress
5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
• Syn:
accent mark
• Derivationally related forms:
accentual, accentuate
• Topics:
language, linguistic communication
• Hypernyms:
diacritical mark, diacritic
• Hyponyms:
stress mark, acute accent, acute, ague, grave accent, grave
1. to stress, single out as important
- Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
• Syn:
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accentuate
• Derivationally related forms:
accent (for: accentuate), accentuation (for: accentuate), emphasizing (for: emphasize), emphasis (for: emphasize), stress (for: stress)
• Hypernyms:
express, show, evince
• Hyponyms:
background, play down, downplay, bring out, set off,
re-emphasise, re-emphasize, bear down, topicalize, point up, drive home,
ram home, press home, underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. put stress on;
utter with an accent
- In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
• Syn:
stress, accentuate
• Derivationally related forms:
accent (for: accentuate), accentuation (for: accentuate), stress (for: stress)
• Hypernyms:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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