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prominence of a syllable in terms of differential loudness, or of pitch, or length, or of a combination of these.

degree of prominence of a syllable within a word and sometimes of a word within a phrase.

a mark indicating stress (as (ˈ, ˌ), or (′, ″)), vowel quality (as French grave `, acute ´, circumflex^ ), form (as French la “the” versus ��à “there”), or pitch.

any similar mark.

Prosody.��

1. regularly recurring stress.

2. a mark indicating stress or some other distinction in pronunciation or value.

a musical tone or pattern of pitch inherent in a particular language either as a feature essential to the identification of a vowel or a syllable or to the general acoustic character of the language.

Often accents.

1. the unique speech patterns, inflections, choice of words, etc., that identify a particular individual.

   We recognized his accents immediately. She corrected me in her usual mild accents.

2. the distinctive style or tone characteristic of an author, composer, etc..

   the unmistakably Brahmsian accents of the sonata; She recognized the familiar accents of Robert Frost in the poem.

a mode of pronunciation, as pitch or tone, emphasis pattern, or intonation, characteristic of or peculiar to the speech of a particular person, group, or locality.

such a mode of pronunciation recognized as being of foreign origin.

Music.��

1. a stress or emphasis given to certain notes.

2. a mark noting this.

3. stress or emphasis regularly recurring as a feature of rhythm.

Mathematics.��

1. a symbol used to distinguish similar quantities that differ in value, as in b ′, b ″, b ‴ (called b prime, b second or b double prime, b third or b triple prime, respectively).

2. a symbol used to indicate a particular unit of measure, as feet (′) or inches (″), minutes (′) or seconds (″).

3. a symbol used to indicate the order of a derivative of a function in calculus, as ��′ (calledf prime ) is the first derivative of a function f.

words or tones expressive of some emotion.

accents, words; language; speech.

distinctive character or tone.

special attention, stress, or emphasis.

a detail that is emphasized by contrasting with its surroundings.

a distinctive but subordinate pattern, motif, color, flavor, or the like.

to pronounce with prominence (a syllable within a word or a word within a phrase).

to mark with a written accent or accents.

to give emphasis or prominence to; accentuate.