stress#1 (n)
emphasis (n)
accent (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 10
def the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
examples he put the stress on the wrong syllable
Outgoing links
Hypernym prosody, inflection
Derivationally related form accent → accentual; accent → accentual
Derivationally related form accent → accentuate
Derivationally related form accent → accent
Derivationally related form emphasis → emphatic; emphasis → emphatic
Derivationally related form stress → stress
Hyponym accentuation; tonic accent, pitch accent; word stress, word accent; sentence stress
Incoming links
Derivationally related form emphatic → emphasis; emphatic → emphasis
Derivationally related form accentual → accent; accentual → accent
Pertainym (pertains to noun) accentual → accent
Hyponym prosody, inflection
Hypernym accentuation; tonic accent, pitch accent; word stress, word accent; sentence stress
Derivationally related form accentuate → accent
Derivationally related form accent → accent
Derivationally related form stress → stress

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