Engelsk navneord: accent | |||
1. | accent (om kommunikation) distinctive manner of oral expression | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent. She had a very clear speech pattern. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | speech pattern | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | pronunciation | ||
Mere specifikke termer | drawl | ||
2. | accent (om tilstand) special importance or significance | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The red light gave the central figure increased emphasis. The room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | emphasis | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | grandness, importance | ||
Mere specifikke termer | focus, stress | ||
3. | accent (om kommunikation) the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English. He has a strong German accent. It has been said that a language is a dialect with an army and navy. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | dialect, idiom | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | non-standard speech | ||
Mere specifikke termer | eye dialect, patois | ||
Samme anvendelse | bang, euphonious, forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards, spang | ||
4. | accent (om kommunikation) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He put the stress on the wrong syllable. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | emphasis, stress | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | inflection, prosody | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accentuation, pitch accent, sentence stress, tonic accent, word accent, word stress | ||
5. | accent (om kommunikation) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | accent mark | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | diacritic, diacritical mark | ||
Mere specifikke termer | acute, acute accent, ague, grave, grave accent, stress mark | ||
Overordnet emneområde | language, linguistic communication | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: accent | |||
1. | accent (om kommunikation) to stress, single out as important | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | evince, express, show | ||
Mere specifikke termer | background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, emphasise, emphasize, play down, point up, press home, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, set off, topicalize, underline, underscore | ||
2. | accent (om kommunikation) put stress on; utter with an accent | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | accentuate, stress | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out | ||