ACCENTS

Meaning of ACCENTS in English

[plural] [noun] [figurative]In the moralistic accents of today's leaders (= the things the leaders say) we hear echoes of a previous generation's hypocrisy.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

ACCENTS — plural of accent present third singular of accent
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACCENTS — n. pl. Language, words, tones, expressions, utterances, mode of speech.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
ACCENTS — ➡ General American English
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
ACCENTS — Штрихи
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ACCENTS — Акценты
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ACCENTS — Штрихи
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UPPER CASE — noun Date: 1683 a type case containing capitals and usually small capitals, fractions, symbols, and accents
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SYLLABIC — I. adjective Etymology: Late Latin ~us, from Greek syllabikos, from syllabē syllable Date: 1728 constituting a syllable or the nucleus …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
METER — I. noun see: measure Date: before 12th century 1. systematically arranged and measured rhythm in verse:, rhythm that continuously repeats …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACCENT — I. ˈakˌsent, Brit usually -_sənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin accentus (translation of Greek prosōidia ), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROMANCE STANZA — noun : a six-line verse stanza common in metrical romances in which lines 1, 2, 4, and 5 of 4 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLAD STANZA — noun : a verse stanza common in English ballads that consists of 2 lines in ballad meter usually printed as …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACCENT — — accentless , adj. — accentuable /ak sen"chooh euh beuhl/ , adj. n. /ak"sent/ ; v. /ak"sent, ak sent"/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROMANCE STANZA — also called romance-six a six-line verse stanza common in metrical romances in which the first, second, fourth, and fifth lines …
Britannica English vocabulary
RECITATIVE — style of monody (accompanied solo song) that emphasizes the rhythms and accents of spoken language. The earliest significant form of …
Britannica English vocabulary
ALEXANDRINE — verse form that is the leading measure in French poetry. It consists of a line of 12 syllables with major …
Britannica English vocabulary
ACCENTUAL VERSE — in prosody, a metrical system based only on the number of stresses or accented syllables in a line of verse. …
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ACCENT — in phonetics, that property of a syllable which makes it stand out in an utterance relative to its neighbouring syllables. …
Britannica English vocabulary
WADE-GILES ROMANIZATION — system of romanizing the modern Chinese written language, originally devised to simplify Chinese language characters for the Western world. Initiated …
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NORTHERN IRELAND, FLAG OF — unofficial flag of a unit of the United Kingdom, flown subordinate to the Union Jack, that consists of a white …
Britannica English vocabulary
JAPANESE LANGUAGE — one of the world's major languages, ranking ninth in terms of the number of speakers with 125 million. It is …
Britannica English vocabulary
AFRICAN ARTSMUSIC
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VOWEL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES open vowel COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE close ▪ In some accents - particularly London …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SPEAK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACCENT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a thick German/Yorkshire etc accent ▪ Olga speaks English with a thick Russian accent. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RECEIVED PRONUNCIATION — Received Pronunciation, often called RP , is the accent that is widely accepted as the standard accent for both native …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
NEW TESTAMENT — It is proposed in this article to consider the text of the New Testament. The subject naturally divides itself into- …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
ACCENT — 1. сущ. 1) ударение Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from another. …
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ACCENT — accent.ogg 1. ʹæks(ə)nt n 1. 1> ударение to put the accent on the first last syllable - делать ударение на …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ACCENT — 1. ʹæks(ə)nt n 1. 1> ударение to put the accent on the first last syllable - делать ударение на первом …
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ACCENT — 1. сущ. 1) ударение Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from another. …
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