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accentuations

accentuations is the plural of accentuation.

Meaning of accentuation

Noun

accentuation (countable and uncountable, plural accentuations)

  1. A more distinct or prominent form.
    • The secretary withdrew with an accentuation of his unhappy manner. It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
    • This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110
  3. Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Questions about accentuations

What is accentuations the plural of?
Accentuations is the plural of accentuation.

Words near accentuations in the dictionary

  1. accentuate
  2. accentuated
  3. accentuates
  4. accentuating
  5. accentuation
  6. accentuations
  7. accentuator
  8. accentuators
  9. accentus
  10. accentwise
  11. accept

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