accentuation

English Thesaurus

1. the act of giving special importance or significance to something (noun.act)

hypernym	:	action,
definition	:	something done (usually as opposed to something said) (noun.act)

2. the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	accent, emphasis, stress,
definition	:	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (noun.communication)

3. the act of giving special importance or significance to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
definition	:	to stress, single out as important (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore,
definition	:	give extra weight to (a communication) (verb.communication)

4. the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance (noun.communication)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, stress,
definition	:	put stress on; utter with an accent (verb.communication)

5. the act of giving special importance or significance to something (noun.act)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate, stress,
definition	:	to stress, single out as important (verb.communication)

derivation	:	emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore,
definition	:	give extra weight to (a communication) (verb.communication)

6. the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance (noun.communication)

derivation	:	accent, accentuate, stress,
definition	:	put stress on; utter with an accent (verb.communication)