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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181. But they are also a zingy accent in a neutral room.
182. There gas Sam, short for Samanthagray-green eyes and a Southern accent.
183. My mum says he can kip on her sofa because she likes anyone with a Manc accent.
184. Captain Robins was a Yorkshireman in his fifties who had long since lost his accent amidst the welter of a dozen dialects.
185. A few days passed without the accent being mentioned again.
186. Pillars Lounge Accent is on comfort when you step in for a relaxing drink.
187. She speaks with a London accent, though her father knows the Royal Family.
188. This is realized phonologically as a tone group, with the peak of prominence or tonic accent falling on the new element.
189. Kim adopts a southern accent when she speaks to her cousins.
190. Mimicking the President's familiar accent, DJ Rogers told his listeners that aliens had invaded.
191. Choose your phony accent, your affectation, the Stetson of country or the hoodie of rap.
192. For collectors and aviation enthusiasts the early autumn of 1992 produced no less than four major auctions with an accent on matters aeronautical.
193. You can usually spot Reeves on the programme by his larded-on northern accent.
193. Wish you will love sentencedict.com and make progress everyday!
194. The accent is again on fish, including seafood platters of king prawns, crab and whitebait.
195. Because the original speaker's words are stored the personal characteristics remain, even the accent is readily detectable in some cases.
196. Pitt, managing a consistent and credible Belfast accent, brings tremendous sympathy to a character dedicated to killing.
197. In Minnesota and states of the northern Midwest a Scandinavian lilt is apparent in the local accent.
198. Worse, I Was a slow runner and had a Northern accent.
199. His accent was so strong that I couldn't understand a word he was saying.
200. A slight but unmistakable accent suggested that his name was not Leblond.
201. Her immigrant father with his thick mustache and accent and three-piece suit would only bring her more ridicule.
202. It was the peculiar accent that puzzled me before; it made Alice's words sound garbled, nonsensical.
203. A pleasant-looking woman with a pleasing Seoul accent greeted my father as he entered the gate.
204. Lydia had always been very conscious of her foreign accent.
205. Call a grunting double coo, with accent on second syllable.
206. It was hard for me to understand her - her accent was very strong.
207. If you get tired of tiger stripes you can always recover an ottoman or buy new accent pillows.
208. He was wearing a green suit and spoke with a local accent.
209. He has a trendy haircut and wears a dangling earring, but his accent is like his father's.
210. He speaks with a public school accent and looks every inch the business executive he, of course, is.
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.