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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211. Oh, I see what you mean about Jane's accent being strong.
212. A new girl called Laura is in my class she has a real cockney accent and she's hilarious!
213. He was gormless, spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside.
214. As soon as I heard de Niro's accent I laughed.
215. But I pointed out that Sergei's Southern accent had been perfect.
216. The accent is on participation and members of the audience are invited on stage to help illustrate songs.
217. He telephoned Yorkshire Television to seek explanations and advice, demanding plaintively in a guttural accent.
218. With the Royal Philharmonic, the accent is on the positive.
219. With his thick accent, Lygizos should get a stall in the Sharks locker room.
220. A tall, fast-talking southerner whose accent still lingers despite her years in the north, Porter does not suffer fools gladly.
221. Despite the accent on tradition, modern technology has simplified some tasks.
222. Margy comes from Newcastle and speaks with a Geordie accent.
223. Some are very monastic, with the accent on contemplation and little talking, others are more lively.Sentencedict.com
224. Sharp featured, with a Cockney accent and a biting wit, Mr Bowles was a gifted teacher.
225. My bus driver, in the morning, spoke in a guttural Derry accent.
226. Do not correct any regional accent he may have. 4 Give him time to look at the word.
227. According to Warhurst and Dickson, employers now rely more on appearance and accent than on qualifications.
228. He can get away with his accent but he could do a lot to improve his tone.
229. The play is set in a seedy northern beauty contest, which gives Paula the chance to use her original Mancunian accent.
230. The strange thing was that he spoke to everybody with a different accent.
231. He had a ginger moustache, and a Geordie accent to boot.
232. He can even recite a prayer in the language of the Sioux, albeit with a Wiltshire accent.
233. A car-driving, home-owning, polytechnic lecturer with a fake northern accent, was a bleating guilty liberal, not a socialist.
234. The Picketts dance deftly, two-stepping through songs not made for a southern accent.
235. Only five feet seven tall, he spoke in a high pitched drawl, a public school accent he often emphasized abroad.
236. I knew from his accent that he was from the South.
237. She spoke Galactic with an exotic accent and in a voice that was strong, melodious and full of authority.
238. There were the Pacifists, with an accent on the fist, as was once said.
239. It is annoying when she tries to affect a British accent.
240. The taxi nosed its way back into the traffic as she introduced herself with a soft Cockney accent and a shy manner.
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.