accent

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

v. accentuate, emphasize, stress. —n. emphasis, stress, tone; dialect, pronunciation; diacritic[al mark]. See speech, sound, indication, importance.

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(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Importance]

Syn. emphasis, stress, weight, significance; see importance 1 .

2. [Stress]

Syn. stress, prominence, emphasis, beat, stroke, pitch, modulation, accentuation, rhythm, meter, cadence, accent mark, diacritic.

3. [Manner of pronunciation]

Syn. pronunciation, speech pattern, inflection, intonation, articulation, enunciation, dialect, twang, drawl, brogue, burr; see also dialect .

v.

Syn. accentuate, stress, intensify; see emphasize .

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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

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n.

1. emphasis stress, significance.

2. emphasis of pronunciation stress, accentuation, delivery, attack, inflection, articulation, enunciation, rhythm, tone.

3. regional speaking manner brogue, burr, drawl, twang, dialect.

4. embellishment ornament, dressing, touch.

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v.

accentuate, highlight, underscore, underline, spotlight, emphasize, point up, punctuate.

ANT.: downplay, ignore, hide

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A particular vocal quality that indicates some emotion or feeling: inflection, intonation, tone. Idiom: tone of voice. See SOUNDS. 2. Special weight placed upon something considered important: accentuation, emphasis, stress. See IMPORTANT. II verb To accord emphasis to: accentuate, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore. See IMPORTANT.