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Definition of grave 2 noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

grave2

noun
 
/ɡrɑːv/
 
/ɡrɑːv/
(also grave accent)
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  1. a mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the e in the French word père compare acute accent, circumflex, tilde, umlautTopics Languagec2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • shallow
    • open
    • …
    verb + grave
    • dig
    • mark
    • desecrate
    • …
    preposition
    • beyond the grave
    • in a/​the grave
    • on a/​the grave
    • …
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