Meaning of accent | Babel Free

Definitions

1. accent (typographical line)
2. A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
   countable, uncountable
3. accent (variety of speech connected to a certain geographical region)
4. Emphasis or importance in general.
   countable, figuratively, uncountable
5. To accord emphasis to:accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore.
6. A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
   countable, uncountable
7. to pronounce with stress or emphasis. The second syllable is accented. aksentueer نبَّر اللَّفْظ، شَدَّدَ عَلَى مَقْطَع произнасям с ударение acentuar zdůraznit betonen accentueret; med accent τονίζωacentuar rõhutama با فشار ادا کردن painottaa accentuer לְהַטעִים, לְהַדְגִיש स्वराघात naglasiti hangsúlyoz pemberian tekanan leggja áherslu á accentare アクセントをつける 악센트를 두다 kirčiuoti, pabrėžti uzsvērt; akcentēt ditekankan beklemtonenbetone; legge trykk/vekt på akcentować په فشار ادا كول، په زور تلفظ ...
8. The relative prominence of a particular syllable of a word by greater intensity or by variation or modulation of pitch or tone.
9. Any mark used in writing over letters, either in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked, or to distinguish homophones.
   countable, uncountable
10. Vocal prominence or emphasis given to a particular syllable, word, or phrase.
11. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
    countable, uncountable
12. The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
    countable, uncountable
13. A characteristic pronunciation, especially:a. One determined by the regional or social background of the speaker.
14. A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
    countable, informal, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
15. A mark or symbol used in the printing and writing of certain languages to indicate the vocal quality to be given to a particular letter: an acute accent.
16. A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
    countable, uncountable
17. A mark or symbol used in printing and writing to indicate the stressed syllables of a spoken word.
18. A word; a significant tone or sound.
    countable, uncountable
19. Rhythmically significant stress in a line of verse.
20. Expressions in general; speech.
    countable, plural, plural-only, uncountable, usually
21. Music a. Emphasis or prominence given to a note or chord, as by an increase in volume or extended duration.
    Music
22. Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
    countable, uncountable
23. Mathematics a. A mark used as a superscript to distinguish among variables represented by the same symbol.
    Mathematics
24. A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
    countable, uncountable
25. A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
    countable, uncountable
26. A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
    countable, uncountable
27. The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
    countable, uncountable
28. A prime symbol.
    countable, uncountable
29. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
    countable, uncountable
30. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
    countable, uncountable
31. Utterance.
    archaic, countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable.”

“At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.”

“The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent.”

“California, like several other states, prohibits the use of diacritical marks or accents on official documents. That means no tilde (~), no accent grave (`), no umlaut (¨) and certainly no cedilla (¸).”

“I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave; which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't.”

“The tender Accent of a Woman's Cry / Will pass unheard, will unregarded die;”

“And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness …”

“Edmund White, John Mitzel, and David Goodstein, among others, have taken pains to distinguish two kinds of "liberation" envisioned by the members of our recently emerged movement: assimilation into the body politic — or a total restructuring of the sex-role system. The second path amounts to revolutionary subversion, but we hear little about it here, except in the accents of reproach: to the idea that gay people might be "pioneers in the area of relationship" and that "our greatest offering to civilization is the beauty of sexual freedom," McNaught responds: "Bunk!"”

“a foreign accent”

“a broad Irish accent”

“a hint of a German accent”

“a thick French accent”

“My professor's accent is so thick that it's difficult to understand her lectures.”

“She spoke with a strong accent that betrayed her southern roots.”

“I was surprised to learn that he was an immigrant, as he spoke without any accent.”

“They were all Middle Eastern types but spoke French without any accent.”

“Growing up in the Rhondda and having a strong accent was never a problem for me and my voice never really stood out from the crowd.”

“It's really hard to get in an audition room when you have an accent. Rather than being treated as the other people, you are falling into a category of foreigners who can't really maintain the role.”

“Why go to the effort of writing in a character with an Indian name played by an Indian actor whose main personality trait is that he is stupid and has an accent?”

“But over the years, even after perfecting "accent-less" English, graduating from college, getting a job at Goldman Sachs, and becoming an American citizen, Arce still felt like she didn't belong.”

“I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language.”

“Cheesesteaks, Peanut Chews, Tastykakes, oh yeah, the Liberty Bell — there's so much to love about Philadelphia, but one of the best things about the city of Brotherly Love is the accent. We're not talking about spoken English — we're talking about American Sign Language.”

“I heard my landlady's accents attuned to nervous civility, mingling with the mellow tones of a deep masculine voice,”

“Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear.”

“accent color”

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