accentˈæk sɛnt; ækˈsɛnt
accent (v)
- present
- accents
- past
- accented
- past participle
- accented
- present participle
- accenting
accent (n)
- plural
- accents
English Definitions:
accent, speech pattern (noun)
distinctive manner of oral expression
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
emphasis, accent (noun)
special importance or significance
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
dialect, idiom, accent (noun)
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"
stress, emphasis, accent (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
accent, accent mark (verb)
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate (verb)
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
stress, accent, accentuate (verb)
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Accent
In sociolinguistics, an accent is a manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual, location, or nation. An accent may identify the locality in which its speakers reside, the socio-economic status of its speakers, their ethnicity, their caste or social class, their first language, and so on. Accents typically differ in quality of the voice, pronunciation and distinction of vowels and consonants, stress, and prosody. Although grammar, semantics, vocabulary, and other language characteristics often vary concurrently with accent, the word 'accent' may refer specifically to the differences in pronunciation, whereas the word 'dialect' encompasses the broader set of linguistic differences. Often 'accent' is a subset of 'dialect'.
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