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- [noun ak-sent; verb ak-sent, ak-sent]
- /noun ˈæk sɛnt; verb ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt/
- /ˈæk.sənt/
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- [noun ak-sent; verb ak-sent, ak-sent]
- /noun ˈæk sɛnt; verb ˈæk sɛnt, ækˈsɛnt/
Definitions of accenting word
- noun accenting prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these. 1
- noun accenting degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase: primary accent; secondary accent. 1
- noun accenting a mark indicating stress (as (·, ·), or (ˈ, ˌ), or (′, ″)), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex ^, ), form (as French la “the” versus là “there”), or pitch. 1
- noun accenting any similar mark. 1
- noun accenting Prosody. regularly recurring stress. a mark indicating stress or some other distinction in pronunciation or value. 1
- noun accenting a musical tone or pattern of pitch inherent in a particular language either as a feature essential to the identification of a vowel or a syllable or to the general acoustic character of the language. Compare tone (def 7). 1
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Origin of accenting
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
1520-30; < Latin accentus speaking tone, equivalent to ac- ac- + -centus, combining form of cantus song (see canto); translation of Greek prosōidía prosody
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Parts of speech for Accenting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
accenting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
accenting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for accenting
noun accenting
- emphasizing — Present participle of emphasize.
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with a
- Words starting with ac
- Words starting with acc
- Words starting with acce
- Words starting with accen
- Words starting with accent
- Words starting with accenti
- Words starting with accentin
- Words starting with accenting