[ UK /æksˈɛnt‍ʃuːˌe‍ɪt/ ]
[ US /ækˈsɛntʃueɪt/ ]
VERB
  1. put stress on; utter with an accent
    In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
  2. to stress, single out as important
    Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
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How To Use accentuate In A Sentence

  • But the subordinates accentuated the differences between the roles of individual contributor and manager that best fitted their interests.
  • Those on the left side accentuate anger, hate, jealousy, and selfishness. The Bushman Way of Tracking God
  • The reference here to distrust of the judiciary once again accentuates Dicey's adoption of the ancient conception of the rule of law.
  • These tendons can be accentuated by dorsiflexing the ankle and the great toe against resistance.
  • The appended strip accentuates the rightward momentum of the depicted fish tail, as if the wriggling beast had pushed out the side of the composition.
  • Longitudinal striations are accentuated ridges in the nail surface that can occur as a normal part of the aging process.
  • The aiming and treatment beams may not coincide in space and this problem may be accentuated after the beams pass through a lens.
  • This will always be handy and already help accentuate the area. Eve Pearl: "How To" Beauty -- Quick & Easy Breast Enhancement
  • Accentuate the word " accent " on the first syllable.
  • In the studio David Gower, Mike Atherton and Ian Botham lurked around an unusually small cardboard coffee table looking oddly bleached-out, a sense of ghostliness accentuated by the ever-present World Cup logo with its backdrop of faceless, baying cartoon figures set against a glaring firestorm of a sky, like a Soviet-era depiction of some future cricketing apocalypse. India's future is so bright they gotta wear shades | Barney Ronay
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