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accented

adjective

bearing a stress or accent

Quick reference

Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
A
Ends with
D
Contains
CCENTE
Scrabble score
13
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

adjective

  1. bearing a stress or accent

    “an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in ‘delay’”

adjective

  1. (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch

    “a tonic syllable carries the main stress in a word”

In context

Example Sentences

an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in ‘delay’
a tonic syllable carries the main stress in a word

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