accent
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈæksɛnt/
:
toque
- The Washington International Horse Show awards are trimmed with silver accents and a beautiful medallion in the center.
- green accents
- a bright accent
- gold accents
So we could do cream accents with a brown base.
- So we could do cream accents with a brown base.
- But let's go deeper and add color accents as well.
- The cutlery just goes so perfectly with all the other gold accents throughout space.
- This is a white metal tin with black accents and it says dog food on it.
Examples
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This is a white metal tin with black accents and it says dog food on it.
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And then of course, the wood accents, the warm wood and the light wood throughout.
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Just a nice little accent, little bright pink touch right there.
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-We add the soft heather as an accent...
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It's mostly black, white gold with accents of silver and pink.
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The frame is packed with bright and varied accents of violet, green, yellow, pink, and blue.
Academic text (1998) -
Esther wears a deep blue overcoat, blue gloves with bright blue accents, and a deep red high-collar blouse.
Academic text (1998) -
The living room features a modern design with blue accents that create a refreshing atmosphere.
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To enhance the cake's appearance, she added colorful icing accents around the edges.
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The artist used bold accents of red and gold to draw attention to the main subject of the painting.
Synonyms
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3.1
Attention that makes something stand out
Compounds
- Specialized
A mark of two acute accents placed above a vowel to show a long rounded sound in Hungarian
A mark placed above or below a letter to show which syllable is strong and how to say it
A way of speaking that puts extra stress on certain words or tones to make a point
- Specialized
The pattern of strong and weak syllables in a word with more than one syllable
How Emphasized
Surface Forms
Etymology
Accent comes from Latin accentus (from ad- 'to' + cantare 'to sing'), which gave the idea of adding a special tone that makes something stand out. So, an accent is a detail or feature that gives extra emphasis and makes something 'stand out'.