( label) Boundary, land within a boundary.A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.(engineering) A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in 6' 10 '', meaning six feet ten inches.(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.(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.(music) A mark used to represent specific stress on a note.(music) The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.Winds! on your wings to Heaven her accents bear, / Such words as Heaven alone is fit to hear. (usually, plural only) Expressions in general speech.(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.Ī foreign accent''' an American, British or Australian '''accent.The tender Accent of a Woman's Cry / Will pass unheard, will unregarded die * 1696, , "From Celia to Damon", in Poems on Several Occasions.I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you in a plain accent was a plain knave which for my part I will not be, though I should win your displeasure to entreat me to 't. ( senseid) Modulation of the voice in speaking the manner of speaking or pronouncing a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion tone.The name Cézanne is written with an acute accent. (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.(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable. (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.