accentuation
pronunciation
How to pronounce accentuation in British English:
UK [əkˌsentʃʊ'eɪʃn]
How to pronounce accentuation in American English:
US [əkˌsentʃʊ'eɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- the act of giving special importance or significance to something
Word Origin
- accentuation (n.)
- 1690s, from Medieval Latin accentuationem (nominative accentuatio) "intoning, chanting," noun of action from past participle stem of accentuare (see accentuate).
Example
- 1. Often cause this disease because of amygdala fester or accentuation suggests travel amygdala excises art illy originally .
- 2. Have the ache after breastbone occasionally , on the abdomen is full bilge unwell , the accentuation after taking food .
- 3. The size of the jump may be exceptionally large , but it marks an accentuation of a trend that has been evident since april .
- 4. Finally , if exercise specificity was a matter of primary importance and she favored the accentuation principle , the selected exercises would vary between the two sports .
- 5. In the tide that 15 years economy liberalized in the past , chinese economy gained extraordinary success , but its increasingly intense income allocates the bottom controversy that all did not reach accentuation of domestic finance burden to arouse market of a straight face to reform .