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accent mark

DEFINITIONS OF: accent mark

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n a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

Synonyms:
accent
Types:
stress mark
a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
acute, acute accent, ague
a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
grave, grave accent
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Type of:
diacritic, diacritical mark
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
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