| noun | distinctive manner of oral expression “he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent” |
| noun | special importance or significance “the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis” |
| noun | the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English” |
| noun | the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) “he put the stress on the wrong syllable” |
| noun | a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation |
| verb | to stress, single out as important “Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet” |
| verb | put stress on; utter with an accent “In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word” |
| accentuate | verb | put stress on; utter with an accent |
| emphatic | adjective | forceful and definite in expression or action |
| emphasize | verb | to stress, single out as important |
| accent | verb | to stress, single out as important |
| dialectal | adjective | belonging to or characteristic of a dialect |
| stress | verb | put stress on; utter with an accent |
| accentual | adjective | of or pertaining to accent or stress |
| stress | noun | special emphasis attached to something |
| emphasizing | noun | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |
| emphasis | noun | special importance or significance |
| accent | noun | special importance or significance |
| accentuation | noun | the act of giving special importance or significance to something |