accent

the characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group, esp one that betrays social or geographical origin

the relative prominence of a spoken or sung syllable, esp with regard to stress or pitchSee pitch See stress

a mark (such as ˈ, ˌ, ´ or `) used in writing to indicate the stress or prominence of a syllable. Such a mark may also be used to indicate that a written syllable is to be pronounced, esp when such pronunciation is not usual, as in turnèd

any of various marks or symbols conventionally used in writing certain languages to indicate the quality of a vowel, or for some other purpose, such as differentiation of homographsSee acute See grave See circumflex

(in some languages, such as Chinese) any of the tones that have phonemic value in distinguishing one word from anotherSee tone

rhythmic stress in verse or prose

stress placed on certain notes in a piece of music, indicated by a symbol printed over the note concerned.the rhythmic pulse of a piece or passage, usually represented as the stress on the first beat of each bar.See syncopation

either of two superscript symbols indicating a specific unit, such as feet (′), inches (″), minutes of arc (′), or seconds of arc (″)

a distinctive characteristic of anything, such as taste, pattern, style, etc

particular attention or emphasis

an accent on learning

a strongly contrasting detail

a blue rug with red accents

to mark with an accent in writing, speech, music, etc

to lay particular emphasis or stress on