A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc., as in 12' 27'', meaning twelve minutes and twenty-seven seconds
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone
The tender accent of a woman's cry.
the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English"; "he has a strong German accent"
An accent is a short line or other mark which is written above certain letters in some languages and which indicates the way those letters are pronounced
a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear speech pattern
The modifying mark of a character For example, the accent marks in Latin script (acute, tilde, and ogonek) and the tone marks in Thai Synonymous with diacritic
Music - Special emphasis to one particular beat or group of beats in music Dance - Special emphasis to a movement
A mark used to denote feet and inches, as in "6 10", meaning six feet ten inches
A mark placed over, under, or through a letter to show a different pronunciation
A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y′, y&Prime
Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent
This can mean word stress - control has the accent on the second syllable but we use it to mean the pronunciation used by some speakers - a regional or class accent