Synonym: emphasis, inflection, pronunciation, tone. Similar words: accentuate, access, accelerate, accessible, acceptable, acceptance, Cent., scent. Meaning: ['æksənt] 
n. 1. distinctive manner of oral expression 2. special importance or significance 3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) 5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. v. 1. to stress, single out as important 2. put stress on; utter with an accent.
n. 1. distinctive manner of oral expression 2. special importance or significance 3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people 4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) 5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation. v. 1. to stress, single out as important 2. put stress on; utter with an accent. 
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31. She spoke English with a faint Dutch accent.
32. A poet sometimes falsifies accent.
33. At university he affected an upper-class accent.
34. His accent is quite special.
35. His accent argues him to be a foreigner.
36. Use make-up to accent your cheekbones and eyes.
37. His accent should improve with practice.
38. He spoke with a soft Irish accent.
39. She told me her story in broken accent.
40. His accent identified him as a Frenchman.
41. She speaks French with an atrocious accent.
42. He is putting the accent on military readiness.
43. Her accent betrayed her working-class origins.
44. She spoke in a broad Midlands accent.
45. He spoke with a Scots accent.
46. The man spoke with a Cockney accent.
47. They gave him a ribbing about his accent.
48. The Cockney accent was put on for effect.
49. You have a perfect English accent.
50. The accent falls on the third syllable.
51. His accent was impossible to place.
52. His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign.
53. Their accent was strange to her ears.
54. He spoke in a flat Midlands accent.
55. He put on an American accent.
56. His accent proclaimed that he was a southerner.
57. She affected a foreign accent.
58. The women accent their eyes with make-up.
59. In all our products the accent is on quality.
60. Sue speaks with an American accent.
More similar words: accentuate, access, accelerate, accessible, acceptable, acceptance, Cent., scent, decent, recent, center, per cent, century, central, recently, incentive, percentage, centurion, adolescent, concentrate, by accident, concentrating, concentration, accomplishment, accomplishments, entertainment, sentiment, soccer, succeed in, successfully.