Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A written mark to show which part of a word should be stressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
a mark indicating the stress on a syllable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: accent, accent mark
History
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