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Meaning of "accentuation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ACCENTUATION

accentuation  [ækˌsɛntjʊˈeɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCENTUATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Accentuation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ACCENTUATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Accent (phonetics)

Accent is the phonetic prominence given to a particular syllable in a word, or to a particular word within a phrase. When this prominence is produced through greater dynamic force, typically signaled by a combination of amplitude, syllable or vowel length, full articulation of the vowel, and a non-distinctive change in pitch, the result is called stress accent, dynamic accent, or simply stress; when it is produced through pitch alone, it is called pitch accent; and when it is produced through length alone it is called quantitative accent. English has stress accent. A prominent syllable or word is said to be accented or tonic; the latter term does not imply that it carries phonemic tone. Other syllables or words are said to be unaccented or atonic. Syllables are frequently said to be in pretonic or post-tonic position; certain phonological rules apply specifically to such positions. For instance, in American English, /t/ and /d/ are flapped in post-tonic position.

Definition of accentuation in the English dictionary

The first definition of accentuation in the dictionary is the act of stressing or emphasizing. Other definition of accentuation is the act of making something more noticeable. Accentuation is also the act of placing prominence on a spoken or sung syllable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ACCENTUATION


actuation
ˌæktʃʊˈeɪʃən
attenuation
əˌtɛnjʊˈeɪʃən
continuation
kənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən
Croatian
krəʊˈeɪʃən
disambiguation
ˌdɪsæmˌbɪɡjʊˈeɪʃən
discontinuation
ˌdɪskənˌtɪnjʊˈeɪʃən
effectuation
ɪˌfɛktjʊˈeɪʃən
evaluation
ɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
fluctuation
ˌflʌktjʊˈeɪʃən
graduation
ˌɡrædjʊˈeɪʃən
infatuation
ɪnˌfætjʊˈeɪʃən
menstruation
ˌmɛnstrʊˈeɪʃən
punctuation
ˌpʌŋktjʊˈeɪʃən
re-evaluation
ˌriːɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
revaluation
ˌriːvæljʊˈeɪʃən
self-evaluation
ˌsɛlfɪˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən
Serbo-Croatian
ˌsɜːbəʊkrəʊˈeɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
superannuation
ˌsuːpərˌænjʊˈeɪʃən
valuation
ˌvæljʊˈeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ACCENTUATION

accend
accension
accent
accented
accentless
accentor
accentual
accentuality
accentually
accentuate
accept
acceptability
acceptable
acceptable daily intake
acceptable quality level
acceptableness
acceptably
acceptance
acceptance house
acceptance speech

WORDS THAT END LIKE ACCENTUATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
excitation
federation

Synonyms and antonyms of accentuation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «accentuation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ACCENTUATION

Find out the translation of accentuation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of accentuation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «accentuation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

重读
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acentuación
570 millions of speakers

English

accentuation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वरोच्चारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

استفحال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

акцентуация
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

acentuação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accentuation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penekanan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Akzentuierung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強調
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억양법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Accentuation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lồi ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மேன்மேலும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अॅक्सेन्युएशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vurgulama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accentuazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

akcentowanie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

акцентуація
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

accentuare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aksentuering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

accentuering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

betoning
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of accentuation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCENTUATION»

The term «accentuation» is regularly used and occupies the 91.028 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of accentuation
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ACCENTUATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «accentuation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «accentuation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about accentuation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCENTUATION»

Discover the use of accentuation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to accentuation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A New Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek
The original aim of this book was to provide an updated reprint of J.P. Postgate’s "Short Guide to the Accentuation of Ancient Greek" (1924).
Philomen Probert, 2003
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Ancient Greek Accentuation: Synchronic Patterns, Frequency ...
Probert's study offers not only an improved understanding of the history of Greek accentuation but also insights into aspects of Indo-European accentuation and the effects of word frequency on language change.
Philomen Probert, 2006
3
A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary with Transliteration, ...
Further this is the only handy dictionary of its kind which breaks a word into its mponenet parts and refers to the roots deducible from sanskrit derivatives alone by way of comparative derivatives alone by way of comparative philosogical ...
Arthur Anthony Macdonell, 1924
4
An Introduction to the Art of Reading, with suitable ...
ACCENTUATION. It has been deemed expedient to arrange under heads, the various kinds of phrases that occur most frequently in composition; partly for the purpose of still further explaining the principles upon which children should be ...
IRELAND [Ireland -1922]. Commissioners of National Education, 1852
5
Social Psychology: Attitudes, Cognition and Social Behaviour
Accentuation theory Although a number of related explanations have been suggested for the overall contrast effects first noted by Hovland and Sherif (1952), the polarization effects found in a number of studies are not predicted at all by AL  ...
J. Richard Eiser, 1986
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Elements of Greek accentuation, tr. by a member of the ...
Hitherto we have treated merely of the accentuation of individual words, without speaking of the changes produced by combining into a proposition. One may easily perceive that words, which, according to the rules above laid down, have the ...
Karl Wilhelm Goettling, 1831
7
A Treatise on the Accentuation of the Twenty-One So-Called ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
William Wickes, 2008
8
A Practical Introduction to Greek Accentuation by Henry W. ...
The Attic and old Attic case-vowel w, as in miner-as, madam, npdfems, npéé'emv, is short for accentuation. So Mevéneos, 6.1103yeaw, Maspws, gen. bficepo, ¢ 1A6ysltws3 ,Bafifiynpms, é'pnrhews. Chcerob. C. 399, 25 holds that an, rpm, exw  ...
Henry William Chandler, 1862
9
An English and Oordoo Dictionary, in Roman Characters: With ...
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Joseph T. Thompson, 2010
10
Classical Architecture: The Poetics of Order
187. Commonwealth Promenade apartments, Chicago, 1953-1956, (L. Mies van der Rohe). Building termination by accentuation. 188. Crown Hall, 1951 (L. Mies van der Rohe). Termination by accentuation. 1 Index of Terms Abacus, 44, 46, ...
Alexander Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre, 1986

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCENTUATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term accentuation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Nation wants to know: TV news that turns you off
Self-accentuation can happen only through meaningful and significant actions – actions expressive of one's character and convictions, with ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
2
Barthelme AQUALUC C:URVE Mini flexible LED strip lighting
... and wet applications where continuous light is required including: in-ground light lines, pool coping accentuation and handrail illumination. «Pool+Spa, Jun 15»
3
Cameroun,Secrets d'Etats:L'ex-coiffeur d'Ahmadou Ahidjo et de …
... jusque l'accentuation d'une idolâtrie d'un seul homme qui semble aujourd'hui considéré comme la passerelle entre Dieu et les hommes. «camer.be, Jun 15»
4
The Three Republics - How The Liberal Constitution Was Scuttled
There was, however, one overarching theme in them – the accumulation and accentuation of power. In the late 1970s, India came closest to ... «Swarajya, Jun 15»
5
Inspired by nature
Every piece of stone is different in stratus, three-dimensional accentuation, and feel, thus providing the specifier with a product that can ... «Building Products, Jun 15»
6
Tout le monde gagnera à une réduction des inégalités excessives …
... grâce à la progression rapide des revenus moyens des pays émergents -- et, d'autre part, l'accentuation des inégalités à l'intérieur des pays. «Le Huffington Post, Jun 15»
7
Diet-induced obesity impairs hypothalamic glucose sensing but not …
... humans and rats following glucose ingestion, obese men showed attenuation while obese rats showed accentuation of the signal decrement. «Nature.com, Jun 15»
8
New Fantastic Four TV Spot Tries To Make The Movie Look Funny
I get it – a shot of Kate Mara turning to the camera and chuckling makes for a great accentuation to a punchline, but when it's this out of place it's ... «WhatCulture, Jun 15»
9
Packers Trying to Avoid 1-2 Start for Fourth Straight Year
Getting off to a better start to the season has been a point of accentuation as the Packers make their way through Organized Team Activities ... «247Sports, Jun 15»
10
Album Review András Schiff
The accentuation that bothered me in Schiff's modern piano recordings here sounds sonorous and rich (sample the Fourth Impromptu or the ... «Sinfini Music, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Accentuation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/accentuation>. Apr 2024 ».
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