1) Articulation 2) Brogue 3) Brogue or twang 4) Burr or brogue 5) Cause of misunderstanding 6) Celine Dion sings without one 7) Certain score mark 8) Circumflex 9) Diacritical mark 10) Dialect 11) Dialect brings stress 12) Diction 13) Distinctive vocal pattern 14) Distinctive way of speaking 15) Drawl
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- distinctive manner of oral expression
- special importance or significance
- the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
- a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or (in some languages) placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
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emphasize.
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a stressed syllable or ictus. These alternate with unstressed syllables or slacks to produce a theoretical metrical pattern termed the rhythm that often, but not always, matches how the line would be sounded in conversation. Prominence can be achieved by pitch (tone), loudness or impact (stress), or length. An increase in pitch usually creates stre...
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• (n.) A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. • (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality...
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(from the article `applied logic`) ...the grammar of a statement is such that several distinct meanings can obtain (example: `The governor says, `Save soap and waste paper.` So soap is ...
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(from the article `garden and landscape design`) Accent and contrast enliven arrangements that may be so balanced, orderly, and harmonious as to be dull. An accent is an element that differs from ...
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A note or chord which is emphasised
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1. A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. ... Many English words have two accents, the primary and the secondary; the primary being uttered with a greater stress of voice than the secondary; as in as'pira'tion, where the chief stress is on the third...
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A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis.
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(1) A recognizable manner of pronouncing words--often associated with a class, caste, ethnic group,
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A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis.
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A stressed syllable or ictus. These alternate with unstressed syllables or slacks to produce a theor
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Ac'cent` noun [ French
accent , Latin
accentus ;
ad +
cantus a singing,
canere to sing. See
Cant .]
1. A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. »...
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Ac·cent' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Accented ;
present participle & verbal noun Accenting .] [ Old French
accenter , French
accentuer .]
1. To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a m...
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A modifying mark on a character. For example, the accent marks in Latin script (acute, tilde, and ogonek) and the tone marks in Thai. Synonymous with diacritic.
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Accent is a cultivated variety of potato.
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A detail, brushstroke, or area of color placed in a painting for emphasis
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accent (AK sent') 1. A stress on a syllable to aid in the pronunciation of words; stress, emphasis: 'The word 'woman' has its accent on the first syllable.' 2. Pronunciation, enunciatiion, or modulation of speech: 'He speaks with a French accent.' 3. A hint, touch, detail; trimming: 'The room was painted white with a few blue accents.'
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A decorative embroidery stitch.
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features of pronunciation which vary according to the speaker's regional and social origin. All oral language, including standard English, is spoken with an accent. The term accent refers to pronunciation only. see also dialect
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noun a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
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(music) In music, the stress or emphasis on individual notes or passages. Accents may occur naturally in the music. For example, in 4/4 the main accent falls on the first beat, and a secondary accent, less strongly stressed, falls on the third beat. This is known as metrical accent. Adding...
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(spoken) Way of speaking that identifies a person with a particular country, region, language, social class, or some mixture of these. Accent refers to features of pronunciation; variations from standard grammar and vocabulary are dialects. People often describe only those who belong to gr...
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(written) Mark (´, ˇ, ˆ) used to indicate stress on a particular syllable or a difference in the pronunciation of a letter. English does not use accents, except in some words of foreign origin such as `cliché`, `café`, and `fête`. In ...
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