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