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Noun Concept

Categories: Stress (linguistics), Phonetics, Phonology, Poetic rhythm, Articles which use infobox templates with no data rows

stress emphasis accent contrastive stress dynamic stress

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) WordNet 3.0

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The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In linguistics, and particularly phonology, stress or accent is the relative emphasis or prominence given to a certain syllable in a word or to a certain word in a phrase or sentence. Wikipedia

Relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence Wikipedia Disambiguation

In linguistics, relative emphasis given to a syllable or other speech element Wikidata

Emphasis on a word or phrase by pronouncing it by increasing the volume or changing the tone. OmegaWiki

The way of pronouncing or annunciating words and phrases that is characteristic of a particular region or area. OmegaWiki

A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. Wiktionary

Stronger articulation. Wiktionary (translation)

Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type. Wiktionary

Prominence given to a syllable or words. Wiktionary (translation)

The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word. Wiktionary

He put the stress on the wrong syllable WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

In the word "careful", the accent is placed on the first syllable. Wiktionary

He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech. Wiktionary

Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second. Wiktionary

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behavior

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