accent

Definitions

• (linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
• (figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
• (orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
• Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
• (linguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
• (linguistics) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
• A word; a significant tone or sound.
• (usually) Expressions in general; speech.
• (prosody) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
• (music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
• (music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
• (music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
• (music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.
• (music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.
• (mathematics) A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y, y.
• (geometry) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27, meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds.
• (engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10, meaning six feet ten inches.
• Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
• A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
• A distinctive feature or quality.
• (archaic) Utterance.