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accent

noun

(stress on the first syllable)

1 a Scottish accent:

pronunciation, intonation, enunciation, elocution, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, utterance, manner of speaking, speech pattern, speech, diction, delivery;

brogue, burr, drawl, twang;

rare orthoepy.

2 the accent is on the first syllable:

stress, emphasis, accentuation, force, prominence;

primary stress, secondary stress;

beat, rhythm, pulse;

technical tone, ictus.

3 the accent is on comfort:

emphasis, stress, priority;

importance, prominence.

4 an acute accent:

mark, diacritic, diacritical mark, accent mark, sign.

verb

(stress on the second syllable)

1 both versions of this chant accent the last syllable:

stress, put/lay/place the stress on, emphasize, put/lay/place the emphasis on, give emphasis to, put the force on, accentuate.

2 fabrics which accent the background colours in the room:

focus attention on, bring/call/draw attention to, point up, underline, underscore, accentuate, highlight, spotlight, foreground, feature, give prominence to, make more prominent, make more noticeable, play up, bring to the fore, heighten, stress, weight, emphasize, put/lay emphasis on.

▷antonyms mask, divert attention from.

accent Oxford Dictionary of English