ACCENT


Meaning of ACCENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ æks(ə)nt ]

( accents)

1.

Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.

He had developed a slight American accent.

N-COUNT

2.

An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.

N-COUNT

3.

If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.

He is putting the accent on military readiness...

= emphasis

N-SING : oft N on n

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