HyperDic: accentuate

English > 2 senses of the word *accentuate*:
VERB	communication	accentuate, stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent	to stress, single out as important
VERB	communication	accentuate, stress, accent	put stress on

accentuate > pronunciation
Sounds	aekseh'nchuweyt
Rhymes	abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt...

English > *accentuate*: 2 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	To stress, single out as important.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonyms	stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent
Narrower	background, play down, downplay	understate the importance or quality of
	bear down	pay special attention to
	bring out, set off	direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
	drive home, ram home, press home	make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
	point up	emphasize, especially by identification
	re-emphasise, re-emphasize	emphasize anew
	topicalize	emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
	underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise	Give extra weight to (a communication)
Broader	express, show, evince	Give expression / expression to
Spanish	acentuar, enfatizar, puntuar, recalcar, remarcar, resaltar, subrayar
Catalan	accentuar, emfasitzar, emfatitzar, recalcar, remarcar
Nouns	accent	special importance or significance / significance
Nouns	accentuation	the act of giving special importance or significance to something

English > *accentuate*: 2 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	put stress on; utter with an accent.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	stress, accent
Broader	pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say	speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
Spanish	acentuar, recalcar, remarcar
Catalan	accentuar, recalcar, remarcar
Nouns	accent	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
	accent	distinctive manner of oral expression
	accent	a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
	accent	the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
	accentuation	the use or application of an accent

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