Definisjon av accentuate

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Verb

accentuate - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent
evince, express, show articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
background, play down, downplay understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
set off, bring out set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
re-emphasise, re-emphasize emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"
bear down exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
topicalize emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"
point up emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
press home, ram home, drive home make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"
emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
accentuate - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
stress, accent
enounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
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Verb

accentuate - To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
accentuate - To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize.
accentuate - To mark with a written accent.

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  • accentuate
    To stress, single out as important.
  • accentuate
    To put stress on; to utter with an accent.

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