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accent

Noun

Distinctive manner of oral expression (synset 107146219)
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"

is a type of: pronunciation - the manner in which someone utters a word

subtypes: drawl - a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels

same as: speech pattern
Special importance or significance (synset 114458332)
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

is a type of: grandness, importance - a prominent status

subtypes: focus, stress - special emphasis attached to something

same as: emphasis
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people (synset 107170369)
"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"
domain member usage:
- bang, spang - leap, jerk, bang
- euphonious - (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident
- forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards - at or to or toward the front
is a type of: non-standard speech - speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
subtypes:
- eye dialect - the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
- patois - a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard
same as: dialect, idiom
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (synset 107099567)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

is a type of: inflection, prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
subtypes:
- accentuation - the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- pitch accent, tonic accent - emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
- word accent, word stress - the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
- sentence stress - the distribution of stresses within a sentence
same as: emphasis, stress
A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation (synset 106835082)
referred to in: language, linguistic communication - a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols

is a type of: diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
subtypes:
- stress mark - a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
- acute, acute accent, ague - a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- grave, grave accent - a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
same as: accent mark

Verb

To stress, single out as important (synset 201015376)
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

is a type of: evince, express, show - give expression to
subtypes:
- background, downplay, play down - understate the importance or quality of
- bring out, set off - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew
- bear down - pay special attention to
- topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
- point up - emphasize, especially by identification
- drive home, press home, ram home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
- emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore - give extra weight to (a communication)
same as: accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress
Put stress on;
Utter with an accent (synset 200985365)
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

is a type of: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

same as: accentuate, stress

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