(~s)
1.
Someone who speaks with a particular ~ 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 ~.
N-COUNT
2.
An ~ 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 ~ on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance.
He is putting the ~ on military readiness...
= emphasis
N-SING: oft N on n