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Get to know Accent better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stress or emphasis. In Dutch this translates to accent.

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Accent meaning

  1. A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
  2. Emphasis or importance in general.
  3. A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.

Synonyms of Accent

stress emphasis accentuate diacritical mark accent mark inflection prosody non-standard speech idiom dialect grandness importance pronunciation speech pattern diacritic

Accent vertaling naar Nederlands

Using Accent

  • The main meaning on this page is: A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | Emphasis or importance in general. | A mark used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken stress.
  • Useful related words include: stress, emphasis, accentuate, diacritical mark.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: accent, klemtoon, tongval.
  • In the example corpus, accent often appears in combinations such as: accent and, the accent, accent is.

Context around Accent

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Accent

  • In this selection, "accent" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, quanzhou, zhangzhou, southern, based, cymbals and zhangzhou stand out and add context to how "accent" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a border accent and a canadian accent does not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "accent" sits close to words such as boycott, emmy and forbes, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with accent

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

His accent was “more of a border accent”. (8 words)

Accent main Syllable structure often interacts with stress or pitch accent. (11 words)

I have an accent that, today, is not really a Portuguese accent. (12 words)

Despite a childhood in Berkley, California and Montreal, Canada, Kamala uses what she thinks is a Detroit accent, a southern accent, a French accent, and more…” conservative influencer Steve Guest wrote on X with a montage of Harris’ varying affectations. (40 words)

In general, Quanzhou accent is more common along the coastal region and is known as the hái-kháu accent; Zhangzhou accent is more common within the mountainous region of Taiwan and is known as the lāi-po͘ accent. (38 words)

In his defense, Hanks says he talks with a Jamaican accent in the same way that someone who watched an English film and then starts saying stuff like “‘Eh, give me a latte, Govna,” in a Cockney accent. (38 words)

It’s not the accent I hear in Sublime or 311. Could you talk a little about the accent you adopt here? (22 words)

Example sentences (20)

In general, Quanzhou accent is more common along the coastal region and is known as the hái-kháu accent; Zhangzhou accent is more common within the mountainous region of Taiwan and is known as the lāi-po͘ accent.

It ranges from Lukang accent (based on Quanzhou accent) on one end, to the northern coastal Yilan accent (based on Zhangzhou accent) on another end.

Despite a childhood in Berkley, California and Montreal, Canada, Kamala uses what she thinks is a Detroit accent, a southern accent, a French accent, and more…” conservative influencer Steve Guest wrote on X with a montage of Harris’ varying affectations.

Let me ask you about the accent you use in these songs, because you don’t have that accent now, but in some of the songs it’s a very heavily Jamaican accent.

Accent cymbals Cymbals of any type used to provide an accent rather than a regular pattern or groove are known as accent cymbals.

Diacritics Three kinds of diacritic were in common use: the acute accent ´, the grave accent `, and the circumflex accent ˆ. These were normally only marked on vowels (e.g. í, è, â); but see below regarding que.

Proto-Germanic developed a strong stress accent on the first syllable of the root (although remnants of the original free PIE accent are visible due to Verner's Law, which was sensitive to this accent).

The Brooklyn accent has often been portrayed as the "typical New York accent" in American media, although this accent and stereotype are supposedly fading out. citation Brooklyn's official colors are blue and gold.

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There are no other rules for accent placement, thus the accent of every word must be learned individually; furthermore, in inflection, accent shifts are common, both in type and position (the so-called " mobile paradigms ").

I have an accent that, today, is not really a Portuguese accent.

One has a strong American southern accent, and the other had that accent, before she covered it in what the movie calls the “rich bitch” voice.

Katya Jones even tried to get to grips with a Scottish accent and she said "naw" and "Glasgow" in her best weegie accent.

His accent was “more of a border accent”.

If you are Korean-American and from Los Angeles, you have an accent, but they aren’t trying to flatten their accent, like I have.

In his defense, Hanks says he talks with a Jamaican accent in the same way that someone who watched an English film and then starts saying stuff like “‘Eh, give me a latte, Govna,” in a Cockney accent.

In reality, the accent Americans call Canadian is from Minnesota (as are the actors and actresses who play Canadians and a Canadian accent does not exist.

It’s not the accent I hear in Sublime or 311. Could you talk a little about the accent you adopt here?

Accent main Syllable structure often interacts with stress or pitch accent.

Accent varies only very slightly from north to south; more noticeable are the differences in accent based on social class or whether one lives in the city or the country.

Another definition is that a Hagenees is someone speaking in the vulgar Haags accent, whereas a Hagenaar speaks in the more "posh" Haags accent.

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Common combinations with accent

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "accent" in a sentence?
An example: "In general, Quanzhou accent is more common along the coastal region and is known as the hái-kháu accent; Zhangzhou accent is more common within the mountainous region of Taiwan and is known as the lāi-po͘ accent." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "accent" from authentic English texts.
What does "accent" mean?
Accent means: A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
What are synonyms of "accent"?
Common synonyms of "accent" include: stress, emphasis, accentuate, diacritical mark, accent mark, inflection, prosody, non-standard speech. Plus 7 more synonyms.
What is "accent" in Dutch?
"accent" translates to Dutch as: accent, klemtoon, tongval, uitspraak, accentteken.
How many example sentences with "accent" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "accent", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.