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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A higher or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
  • 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.
  • A nonstandard way of pronouncing.
  • A word; a significant tone or sound.
  • engineering A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in "6' 10''", meaning six feet ten inches.
  • 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.
  • in plural Expressions in general; speech.
  • 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'''''.
  • Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone; as, a foreign '''accent'''; a French or a German '''accent'''.
  • music A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
  • music A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
  • music The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
  • music The '''rhythmical accent''', which marks phrases and sections of a period.
  • Paint, wallpaper, or similar coating that contrasts with the surroundings.
  • prosody Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

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Verb:

  • transitive To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.
  • transitive To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate.
  • transitive To mark with written accents.

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