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accentuate

UK/əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/

accentuate verb: to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.

Verb

accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

  1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
  2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
    • our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3
    • These were business hours, and a feeling of loneliness crept over him, perhaps germinated by his sight of the illustrated papers, and accentuated by an attempted perusal of them.1913, Robert Barr, chapter 5, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
  3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

accentuate meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

accentuate in Hindi

महत्व डालना, सुस्पष्ट बनाना, अधिक सुस्पष्ट करना

accentuate in Tamil

வலியுறுத்து, அசையழுத்தப்பட உச்சரி, அசையழுத்தக்குறிஇடு, சிறப்படையச்செய்

accentuate in Urdu

زور ڈالنا

accentuate in Bengali

গুরুত্বারোপ করা, জোর দেওয়া
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accentuate in Malayalam
ഊന്നിപ്പറയുക, ദൃഢമാക്കിപ്പറയുക, തെളിച്ചുകാണിക്കുക
accentuate in Kannada
ವರ್ಧಿಸು, ಬೆಳಸು, ಅಧಿಕಗೊಳಿಸು
accentuate in Persian
تأکید کردن ta'kid kardan

Examples of accentuate in a sentence

  • His dark black beard accentuated his roguishness.
  • Mike is surfer-blond, like Ricky in Germany; his hair is shorter, accentuating his somewhat pudgy countenance.
  • Another back pat and a horn toot to the Democrat for accentuating the positive.

All 36 example sentences with accentuate

Synonyms of accentuate

Forms of accentuate

third-person singular presentaccentuates
present participleaccentuating
past participleaccentuated
pastaccentuated

Past tense of accentuate: accentuated

Origin of accentuate

First attested in 1731; borrowed from Medieval Latin accentuātus, perfect passive participle of accentuō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin accentus. accent + -u- + -ate.

Words formed from accentuate

Questions about accentuate

What does accentuate mean?
Accentuate means to pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
What is accentuate in Hindi?
Accentuate in Hindi is महत्व डालना, सुस्पष्ट बनाना, अधिक सुस्पष्ट करना. See Accentuate meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is accentuate?
Accentuate is a verb.
How do you pronounce accentuate?
Accentuate is pronounced /əkˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.eɪt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of accentuate?
The past tense of accentuate is accentuated.

Words near accentuate in the dictionary

  1. accentual
  2. accentual-syllabic
  3. accentual-syllabics
  4. accentuality
  5. accentually
  6. accentuate
  7. accentuated
  8. accentuates
  9. accentuating
  10. accentuation
  11. accentuations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: accentuate (page history and authors); accentuate (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accentuate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accentuate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accentuate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accentuate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accentuate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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