0 the way in which people in a particular area, country, or social group pronounce words:
1 a mark written or printed over a letter to show you how to pronounce it:
2 a special emphasis given to a particular syllable in a word, word in a sentence, or note in a set of musical notes:
3 to emphasize something:
In any advertising campaign, you must accent the areas where your product is better than the competition.
4 the way in which people in a particular area or country pronounce words:
5 a special emphasis given to a syllable in a word or to a word in a sentence:
In the word "government," the accent is on the first syllable.
6 to give special emphasis to a syllable in a word or to a word in a sentence:
At university he affected an upper-class accent.
He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
Many celebrities develop a working class accent to increase their street-credibility.
She speaks English without the slightest trace of an accent.
There's an acute accent on the e in blé, which is the French word for corn.
Pay attention to the accents on the words, because they show you how to pronounce them.
Françoise is spelled with an accent - a cedilla - on the 'c'.
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