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verb/ækˈsent/
/ækˈsent/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accent | /ækˈsent/ /ækˈsent/ |
| he / she / it accents | /ækˈsents/ /ækˈsents/ |
| past simple accented | /ækˈsentɪd/ /ækˈsentɪd/ |
| past participle accented | /ækˈsentɪd/ /ækˈsentɪd/ |
| -ing form accenting | /ækˈsentɪŋ/ /ækˈsentɪŋ/ |
- accent something to emphasize a part of something
- The women accent their eyes with make-up.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘intonation’): from Latin accentus ‘tone, signal, or intensity’ (from ad- ‘to’ + cantus ‘song’), translating Greek prosōidia ‘a song sung to music, intonation’.
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