accenting
present participle ofaccent
accent
verb[T]
uk/əkˈsent/us/ˈæk.sent/toemphasizesomething:
In anyadvertisingcampaign, you must accent theareaswhereyourproductisbetterthan thecompetition.
specializedAccent the firstnoteof everybar.
Stressing & emphasizing
- accentuate
- accentuation
- all day longidiom
- believe
- driveyourmessage/point homeidiom
- drive/hammersomethinghomeidiom
- drop the micidiom
- exactly
- insistence
- intensely
- like blazesidiom
- misemphasis
- overemphasis
- overemphasize
- percent
- ram
- stress
- underscore
- work/laugh/freeze, etc.yourarse offidiom
- work/laugh/freeze, etc.yourass offidiom
Examplesofaccenting
accenting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Accentingphenomena, association with focus, and the recursiveness of focus-ground.
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Accentingphenomena, association with focus and the recursiveness of focus-ground.
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These disambiguation tasks are similar in that in almost all cases differences inaccentingcorrespond to differences in meaning.
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The time taken to complete the course, though tempered by the number of points earned, separated the placings in the main,accentingonce more the importance of speed.
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Feminine words are formed byaccentingthe last syllable, and plurals by lengthening it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As previously mentioned, pitchaccentingcan relate to focus.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Beltrami composed the brass section to exchange octaves with the stringsaccentingscales in between.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His music merges the genres of folk and rock, oftenaccentingtraditional rock music with instruments such as a mandolin and accordion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is normally seen with her blue hair held back with a blue purple-stitched headbandaccentingher blue eyes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mosaics are often used in architecture by implementing the use of geometric shapes andaccentingwith gold.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The pattern marks the clave byaccentingthe backbeat on the two-side.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The show car was finished in red with a black roofaccentingits clean shape from the windshield back to almost the rear bumper.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The text is repeated several times,accentingdifferent words to present different aspects of its meaning.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.To the viewer's left is a heavenly place with bright blue skies, crystal blue rivers with a luminous fountain and angelsaccentingthe grassy hills.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They are predominantly green, withaccentingcolors that are quite vivid in some species.
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