Standard Lemma guide

accented

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AE1 K S EH0 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having an accent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of accent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

bearing a stress or accent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stressed

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

used of syllables

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tonic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: acentuado — Translations
  • Spanish: con acento — Translations
Real reading context

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