Definition of Accent

Noun: accent 'ak,sent

Distinctive manner of oral expression
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent";
- speech pattern
Special importance or significance
"the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents";
- emphasis
The usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
"he has a strong German accent";
- dialect, idiom
The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the accent on the wrong syllable";
- stress, emphasis
(language) a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- accent mark

Verb: accent 'ak,sent

Single out as important; draw attention to (something)
- stress, emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accentuate
Put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word";
- stress, accentuate