stress accent
1stress accent — noun 1. a. : an accent or variation of prominence dependent on variation of stress b. : a greater than minimal degree of stress given a vowel or syllable 2. : a set of phonemes of stress …
2Stress (linguistics) — In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.Types of… …
3accent — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent mark, accents, accentuate, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, articulation, bacchius, bar, beat, belabor, broad accent, brogue, burr, cadence, caesura,… …
4accent — noun /ˈæksɛnt / (say aksent) 1. the distinctive character of a vowel or syllable determined by its degree or pattern of stress or musical tone. 2. any one of the degrees or patterns of stress used in a particular language as essential features of …
5stress — Synonyms and related words: Alexandrine, accent, accentuate, accentuation, ache, aching, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, ambivalence, ambivalence of impulse, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, anguish,… …
6stress — /strɛs / (say stres) verb (t) 1. to lay stress or emphasis on; emphasise. 2. Phonetics to pronounce strongly or with a stress accent. 3. to subject to stress or strain. 4. Mechanics to subject to mechanical stress. –verb (i) 5. to work oneself… …
7stress — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stresse stress, distress, short for destresse more at distress Date: 14th century 1. constraining force or influence: as a. a force exerted when one body or body part presses on, pulls on, pushes against, or… …
8Accent (music) — In music, an accent is an emphasis placed on a particular note, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark. Accents contribute to the articulation and prosody of a performance of a musical phrase. Compared to… …
9accent — ac|cent1 [ˈæksənt US ˈæksent] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin accentus, from ad to + cantus song ] 1.) the way someone pronounces the words of a language, showing which country or which part of a country they come from →↑dialect ▪ He… …
10Accent — Ac cent , n. [F. accent, L. accentus; ad + cantus a singing, canere to sing. See {Cant}.] 1. A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others. [1913… …
