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Meaning accent meaning

What does accent mean?
Definitions in simple English

accent Noun

— An accent is the particular way that somebody's speech sounds. I can speak French, but I do it with an English accent.

accent

— noun (= speech pattern) distinctive manner of oral expression he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent she had a very clear speech pattern — noun (= emphasis) special importance or significance the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents — noun a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation — verb (= stress) put stress on; utter with an accent In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word — noun (= dialect) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English he has a strong German accent it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy — noun (= stress) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) he put the stress on the wrong syllable — verb (= stress, emphasize, emphasise) to stress, single out as important Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet

Synonyms accent synonyms

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accent English » English

stress emphasis accentuate dialect pronunciation tone emphasize intonation punctuate modulation weight tune highlight way of speaking underline speech pattern note emphasise accentuation voice pitch language inflection idiom enunciation diacritical mark articulation accent mark weightiness vernacular utterance underlining tuna topicalize topicalization tonic accent tongue tone of voice tonality ton taste stress mark strain speech sinker set off rhythm remark put on airs printing shop

Topics accent topics

What do people use accent to talk about?
Language and thought Communication

Language
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

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Conjugation accent conjugation

How do you conjugate accent?

accent · verb

Examples accent examples

How do I use accent in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Were you born in England? You don't seem to have a British accent.
I love your German accent.
How does it come that you don't have an accent?
Tom has a strange accent.
He is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent.
Judging from his accent, he must be from Osaka.
The man speaks English with a German accent.
The accent of the word is on the second syllable.
His accent betrays him to be a Frenchman.
Judging from his accent, he is from Kansai.
His accent suggests he is a foreigner.
He pretended to be an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him away.
He speaks English with a German accent.
He speaks English with a strong German accent.
She has a distinct English accent.
I think it's very difficult for an Englishman to imitate a real American accent.
This vowel change has much to do with the overall accent pattern assigned to each word.
The accent of this word is on the second syllable.
I can tell by his accent that he is German.
Her accent gave her away.
Judging from his accent, he must be from Kyushu.
His accent sounds a little quaint.

Movie subtitles

How did you learn the French accent?
The accent?
And my accent?
He ain't no phantom with that watermelon accent.
Hey, Ann, come out from under that accent. I see you.
So, as long as I work, you'll have to pardon my Southern accent.
But your accent isn't Parisian.
I met an Irish, she had a funny accent. But it was not annoying.
Yeah, a blond with a Brooklyn accent.
What an accent!
Talks with a Geman accent.
Did he have a foreign accent?
Not so much of an accent as a foreign way of talking.
She has a prostitute's accent.
But in addition to a broad cockney accent and a stutter, Rains had other speech problems.
This policeman is played by Monte Montague, an American, who speaks here with a British accent.
He said she had blonde hair, blue eyes, my figure and a slight foreign accent.
For this, Washington and Lincoln lived! And although I speak to you with a foreign accent still I speak for a newer a freer America!
Alec, your Santa Claus speaks with a French accent this year.
Don't look now, but your accent's showing.
That fancy pants with an accent you call a butler.
And don't forget to use your Southern accent.
Talks with a German accent.
That accent don't score with me, and I'm not payin' your bills.
Conductress, you have an accent, don't you?
Okoma has almost no accent.
But having a little accent is better.
You have a trace of accent.
Just a second, with that accent you're not gonna tell me you're from Brooklyn.
With a Parisian accent. French?
Your apartment gave me a Crest View number. There was someone with an accent growling: you weren't there, they never heard of you.
The accent!
Anything is preferable to that atrocious accent.
Lemmy Caution speaks French with a slight American accent.
I never expected to hear a Kansai accent here.

News and current affairs

We frequently met at conferences, where it was always a delight to hear him speak Russian - a Russian that had the accent and elegance of Tolstoi and Pushkin, not the degraded Russian bark of Vladimir Putin.
Political leadership at such a moment demands a Churchillian accent.
For those of us in Cuba old enough to take a similar trip, our journey with Che, the young man with the funny accent and starred beret, began with less romance.

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