ALL meanings of accent
ac·cent
A a - noun accent distinctive character or tone: an accent of whining complaint. 1
- noun accent special attention, stress, or emphasis: an accent on accuracy. 1
- noun accent a detail that is emphasized by contrasting with its surroundings: a room decorated in navy blue with two red vases as accents. 1
- noun accent a distinctive but subordinate pattern, motif, color, flavor, or the like: The salad dressing had an accent of garlic. 1
- verb with object accent to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase): to accent the first syllable of “into”; to accent the first word of “White House.”. Compare stress (def 12). 1
- verb with object accent to mark with a written accent or accents. 1
- verb with object accent to give emphasis or prominence to; accentuate. 1
- noun accent A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, esp. one associated with a particular nation, locality, or social class. 1
- noun accent voice: foreign, regional 1
- noun accent on letter 1
- noun accent on spoken word 1
- noun accent emphasis 1
- transitive verb accent add to letter 1
- noun accent distinctive quality 1
- transitive verb accent add flair 1
- transitive verb accent emphasize 1
- transitive verb accent syllable 1
- noun accent (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. 0
- noun accent (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general. 0
- noun accent (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. 0
- noun accent Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone. 0
- noun accent (linguistics) 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. 0
- noun accent A word; a significant tone or sound. 0
- noun accent (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech. 0
- noun accent (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. 0
- noun accent (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. 0
- noun accent (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. 0
- noun accent (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. 0
- noun accent (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. 0
- noun accent (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note. 0
- noun accent (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''. 0
- noun accent (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds. 0
- noun accent (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10'', meaning six feet ten inches. 0
- noun accent Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings. 0
- noun accent A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery. 0
- noun accent A distinctive feature or quality. 0
- noun accent (archaic) Utterance. 0
- verb accent (Transitive Verb) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. 0
- verb accent (Transitive Verb) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent. 0
- verb accent (Transitive Verb) To mark with written accents. 0