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Accent Letters Noun Speaks Pronounces Words Language Distinctive

word accent
definition
noun
Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
He had developed a slight American accent.
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced.
If you put the accent on a particular feature of something, you emphasize it or give it special importance .
He is putting the accent on military readiness.
There is often a strong accent on material success.
inflections accents
cefr-level B2

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