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distinctive manner of oral expression;
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"
"she had a very clear speech pattern"
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special importance or significance;
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"
"the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"
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the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;
"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"
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
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a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation