word | accent |
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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 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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