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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb accent 1 of 2 senses of accent Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => background, play down => bring out set off => re-emphasise, re-emphasize => bear down => point up => drive home, ram home, press home => underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb accent 1 of 2 senses of accent Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => background, play down => wave off => soft-pedal => bring out set off => pick up => foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up => raise => re-emphasise, re-emphasize => bear down => point up => drive home, ram home, press home => underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise Entailment of verb accent Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb accent 2 senses of accent Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => express, show evince Sense 2 stress, accent => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out enunciate, say Familiarity of verb accent accent used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb accent Sense 1 stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate => express, show evince -------------- Sense 2 stress, accent => pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out enunciate, say -------------- Grep of noun accenting accenting Overview of noun accenting The noun accenting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) emphasizing, accenting -- (the act of giving special importance or significance to something) Overview of verb accent The verb accent has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.") 2. stress, accent -- (put stress on utter with an accent) Overview of noun accenting The noun accenting has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) emphasizing, accenting -- (the act of giving special importance or significance to something) Overview of verb accent The verb accent has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet.") 2. stress, accent -- (put stress on utter with an accent)
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