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Definition of accent
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of accent is as below...
Accent
(n.) A mark or
character
used in
writing,
and
serving
to
regulate
the
pronunciation;
esp.: (a) a mark to
indicate
the
nature
and place of the
spoken
accent;
(b) a mark to
indicate
the
quality
of sound of the vowel
marked;
as, the
French
accents..
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Broad
::
Broad
(superl.)
Strongly
marked;
as, a broad
Scotch
accent..
Accentor
::
Accentor
(n.) A genus of
European
birds (so named from their sweet
notes),
including
the hedge
warbler.
In
America
sometimes
applied
to the water
thrushes..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
Stress
laid on
certain
syllables
of a
verse.
Orthotone
::
Orthotone
(a.)
Retaining
the
accent;
not
enclitic;
-- said of
certain
indefinite
pronouns
and
adverbs
when used
interrogatively,
which,
when not so used, are
ordinarilly
enclitic..
Syncopation
::
Syncopate
(v. t.) To
commence,
as a tone, on an
unaccented
part of a
measure,
and
continue
it into the
following
accented
part, so that the
accent
is
driven
back upon the weak part and the
rhythm
drags..
Atonic
::
Atonic
(a.)
Unaccented;
as, an
atonic
syllable..
Accentor
::
Accentor
(n.) One who sings the
leading
part; the
director
or
leader.
Rhyme
::
Rhyme (n.)
Correspondence
of sound in the
terminating
words or
syllables
of two or more
verses,
one
succeeding
another
immediately
or at no great
distance.
The words or
syllables
so used must not begin with the same
consonant,
or if one
begins
with a vowel the other must begin with a
consonant.
The vowel
sounds
and
accents
must be the same, as also the
sounds
of the final
consonants
if there be any..
Proparoxytone
::
Proparoxytone
(n.) A word which has the acute
accent
on the
antepenult.
Modular
::
Modular
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to mode,
modulation,
module,
or
modius;
as,
modular
arrangement;
modular
accent;
modular
measure..
Cabala
::
Cabala
(n.) A kind of
occult
theosophy
or
traditional
interpretation
of the
Scriptures
among
Jewish
rabbis
and
certain
mediaeval
Christians,
which
treats
of the
nature
of god and the
mystery
of human
existence.
It
assumes
that every
letter,
word,
number,
and
accent
of
Scripture
contains
a
hidden
sense;
and it
teaches
the
methods
of
interpretation
for
ascertaining
these
occult
meanings.
The
cabalists
pretend
even to
foretell
events
by this
means..
Accent
::
Accent
(n.) A
superior
force of voice or of
articulative
effort
upon some
particular
syllable
of a word or a
phrase,
distinguishing
it from the
others..
Staccato
::
Staccato
(a.)
Disconnected;
separated;
distinct;
-- a
direction
to
perform
the notes of a
passage
in a
short,
distinct,
and
pointed
manner.
It is
opposed
to
legato,
and often
indicated
by heavy
accents
written
over or under the
notes,
or by dots when the
performance
is to be less
distinct
and
emphatic..
Stress
::
Stress
(n.) Force of
utterance
expended
upon words or
syllables.
Stress
is in
English
the chief
element
in
accent
and is one of the most
important
in
emphasis.
See Guide to
pronunciation,
//
31-35..
Acute
::
Acute (a.) High, or
shrill,
in
respect
to some other
sound;
--
opposed
to grave or low; as, an acute tone or
accent..
Accentuating
::
Accentuating
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of
Accentuat.
Accent
::
Accent
(n.)
expressions
in
general;
speech.
Type
::
Type (n.) A
raised
letter,
figure,
accent,
or other
character,
cast in metal or cut in wood, used in
printing..
Pronounce
::
Pronounce
(v. t.) To utter
articulately;
to speak out or
distinctly;
to
utter,
as words or
syllables;
to speak with the
proper
sound and
accent
as,
adults
rarely
learn to
pronounce
a
foreign
language
correctly..
Ictus
::
Ictus (n.) The
stress
of voice laid upon
accented
syllable
of a word. Cf.
Arsis.
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