accent

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

accents

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

accent

past (v2)

accented

past participle (v3)

accented

present participle

accenting

3rd person singular

accents

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.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.

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

2. 2.Emphasis or importance in general.

   • At this hotel, the accent is on luxury.

3. 3.A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.

4. 4.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.

   • 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 (¸).

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.

2. 2.To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.

3. 3.To mark with written accents.

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