What does Accentuate mean?
Definitions for Accentuate
ækˈsɛn tʃuˌeɪtac·cen·tu·ate
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Princeton's WordNet
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
stress, accent, accentuateverb
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Wiktionary
accentuateverb
To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
accentuateverb
To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
accentuateverb
To mark with a written accent.
Etymology: * First attested in 1731.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Accentuateverb
To place the proper accents over the vowels.
Etymology: accentuer, Fr.
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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.
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
Accentuateverb
to pronounce with an accent or with accents
Accentuateverb
to bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize
Accentuateverb
to mark with the written accent
Etymology: [LL. accentuatus, p. p. of accentuare, fr. L. accentus: cf. F. accentuer.]
Editors Contribution
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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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Accentuate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Accentuate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Accentuate in a Sentence
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.
...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.
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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- акцентувам, акцентирам, подчертавам, поставям ударениеBulgarian
- accentuarCatalan, Valencian
- akzentuieren, hervorhebenGerman
- acentuarSpanish
- accentuerFrench
- aiceannaighIrish
- दबाव का चिह्नHindi
- accentuareItalian
- 強調するJapanese
- accentuéierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- beklemtonen, benadrukken, accentuerenDutch
- framheve, betone, aksentuereNorwegian
- akcentować, uwypuklićPolish
- acentuarPortuguese
- акцентироватьRussian
- accentuera, betonaSwedish
- తగినTelugu
- accentuateUrdu
- 加重Chinese
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