What does Accentuate mean?

Definitions for Accentuate
ækˈsɛn tʃuˌeɪtac·cen·tu·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

    to stress, single out as important

    "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

  2. stress, accent, accentuateverb

    put stress on; utter with an accent

    "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

Wiktionary

  1. accentuateverb

    To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

  2. accentuateverb

    To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.

  3. accentuateverb

    To mark with a written accent.

  4. Etymology: * First attested in 1731.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Accentuateverb

    To place the proper accents over the vowels.

    Etymology: accentuer, Fr.

ChatGPT

  1. accentuate

    To accentuate means to highlight, emphasize, or make more noticeable or prominent. It can refer to a feature, quality, or detail of something or someone.

  2. accentuate

    Accentuate generally means to emphasize or highlight something, to make it more noticeable or prominent. This could apply to a feature, characteristic, aspect or detail in various contexts, such as in physical appearance, speech, writing, design, music, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Accentuateverb

    to pronounce with an accent or with accents

  2. Accentuateverb

    to bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize

  3. Accentuateverb

    to mark with the written accent

  4. Etymology: [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]

Editors Contribution

  1. accentuate

    reading between the lines

    He forgot to read between the lines and missed out on what what has been accentuated


    Submitted by Lighthouse21 on March 18, 2018  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Accentuate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Accentuate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Accentuate in a Sentence

  1. Mary Alvord:

    On the other hand, kids and teens, say with temporary acne, might welcome a touched up picture that does n’t accentuate what they look like that particular day – for all the upcoming years to remember.

  2. G.H. Hardy:

    ...a science is said to be useful if its development tends to accentuate the existing inequalities in the destribution of wealth, or more directly promotes the destruction of human life.

  3. Betty White:

    Enjoy life, accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.

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