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accented
adjective
bearing a stress or accent
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adjective
bearing a stress or accent
“an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in ‘delay’”
adjective
(used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
“a tonic syllable carries the main stress in a word”
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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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