Word: Accent
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Old English (denoting a mark on a letter to indicate pitch or stress): from Latin accentus ‘intonation, mark on a letter’ (from accanere ‘to sing’, from ad- ‘to’ + canere ‘to sing’), translating Greek prosōidia ‘a song sung to music, intonation’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əkˈsɛnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
emphasize (a particular feature)
Short Definition:emphasize
Examples:- fabrics which accent the background colours in the room
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