Толковый словарь английского языка - accent
Accent
accent
I. transitive verb see: chant Date: 1530 1. to pronounce with ~ ; stress , to mark with a written or printed ~, to give prominence to ; make more prominent, II. noun Date: 1530 an articulative effort giving prominence to one syllable over adjacent syllables, a distinctive manner of expression: as, an individual's distinctive or characteristic inflection, tone, or choice of words, a way of speaking typical of a particular group of people and especially of the natives or residents of a region, rhythmically significant stress on the syllables of a verse usually at regular intervals, utterance , 5. a mark (as ˊ, ˋ, ˆ) used in writing or printing to indicate a specific sound value, stress, or pitch, to distinguish words otherwise identically spelled, or to indicate that an ordinarily mute vowel should be pronounced, an ~ed letter, 6. greater stress given to one musical tone than to its neighbors, ~ mark 2, 7. emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition, an emphasized detail or area, a substance or object used for emphasis, a mark placed to the right of a letter or number and usually slightly above it: as, a double prime, prime , special concern or attention ; emphasis , ~less adjective
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n. & v. --n. 1 a particular mode of pronunciation, esp. one associated with a particular region or group (Liverpool accent; German accent; upper-class accent). 2 prominence given to a syllable by stress or pitch. 3 a mark on a letter or word to indicate pitch, stress, or the quality of a vowel. 4 a distinctive feature or emphasis (an accent on comfort). 5 Mus. emphasis on a particular note or chord. --v.tr. 1 pronounce with an accent; emphasize (a word or syllable). 2 write or print accents on (words etc.). 3 accentuate. 4 Mus. play (a note etc.) with an accent. Derivatives accentual adj. Etymology: L accentus (as AC-, cantus song) repr. Gk prosoidia (PROSODY), or through F accent, accenter ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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