| accent | |
| 1. n. (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger 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. n. (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general. | |
| At this hotel, the accent is on luxury. | |
| 3. n. (orthography) 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. | |
| The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent. | |
| 4. n. Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone. | |
| 5. n. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic | |
| a foreign accent an American, British or Australian accent | |
| a broad Irish accent | |
| a hint of a German accent | |
| 6. n. (linguistics, sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it. | |
| 7. n. , passage=I believe I still retain some of my hearing accent when I use American Sign Language. | |
| 8. n. A word; a significant tone or sound. | |
| 9. n. (usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech. | |
| 10. n. (prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse. | |
| 11. n. (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure. | |
| 12. n. (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure. | |
| 13. n. (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period. | |
| 14. n. (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage. | |
| 15. n. (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note. | |
| 16. n. (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. | |
| 17. n. (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. | |
| 18. n. (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches. | |
| 19. n. Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings. | |
| 20. n. A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery. | |
| 21. n. A distinctive feature or quality. | |
| 22. n. (archaic) Utterance. | |
| 23. v. To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. | |
| 24. v. To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent. | |
| 25. v. To mark with written accents. | |
