1. (noun)accent, speech pattern distinctive manner of oralexpression "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern"
2. (noun)emphasis, accent specialimportance or significance "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
3. (noun)dialect, idiom, accent the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specificgroup of people "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy"
6. (verb)stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
7. (verb)stress, accent, accentuate put stress on; utter with an accent "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
Definition of 'accent'
