Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Phonology) having the main stress of a word; -- used of syllables.
- adjective being pronounced with sterss; -- used of syllables.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
accent .
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- adjective used of syllables
- adjective bearing a stress or accent
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Examples
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The fundamental fact in the constitution of the rhythmical unit is the antithesis of two phases which we call the accented and the unaccented.
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A video shows the doll in full geisha makeup, set to a woman's voice singing Marlene Dietrich's "Falling in Love Again" in Japanese-accented English.
A Day in the Life of a Life-Size Doll Kimberly Chou 2011
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" Some people come to change the battery, " he said in Russian-accented English.
A Jewel of a Proprietor Ralph Gardner Jr. 2010
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“Everybody get down!” he shouted in American-accented Polish, then suited action to words by diving into the snow himself.
DBTL 70: Bojowy! Johnny Pez 2010
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He would later go on to voice a certain Southern-accented, polite, blue hound who shared part of his name with a Mark Twain character.
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Then a Mexican fellow appeared and, looking over my shoulder, asked in accented English what the problem was.
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Then a Mexican fellow appeared and, looking over my shoulder, asked in accented English what the problem was.
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This agglutination is precisely what obscured the original penultimate accent of the bare nominative singular, making it now a word accented on the antepenultimate syllable third-to-last syllable.
Sporadic phonetic changes in the Indo-European case system 2008
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Speaking in American-accented Serbo-Croatian, he took the oath of office as prime minister of the rump Yugoslav federation dominated by Serbia, adding "So help me, God" in English.
Panic And Hope 2008
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The bearded man, speaking in American-accented English, said that he was the "emir" (director) of the facility.
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