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to accentuate
01
to emphasize, highlight, or draw attention to certain features or aspects of something
Transitive: to accentuate a feature or quality
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
accentuate
3rd person singular
accentuates
Present participle
accentuating
Past simple
accentuated
Past participle
accentuated
Examples
The artist used vibrant colors to accentuate the beauty of the landscape.
02
to emphasize or give particular prominence to a specific sound or syllable in pronunciation
Transitive: to accentuate a sound or syllable
Examples
She accentuated the first syllable of her name, making sure people pronounced it correctly.
Lexical Tree
accentuation
accentuate
accent
