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"ACCENTS" is a plural of: accent. |
Date "ACCENTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Irresolution | Adverb: irresolutely; Adjective: irresolved, irresolvedly; in faltering accents; off and on; from pillar to post; seesaw. |
Stammering | Noun: inarticulateness; stammering; Verb: hesitation; Verb: impediment in one's speech; traulism; whisper; (faint sound); lisp, drawl, tardiloquence; nasal tone, nasal accent; twang; falsetto; (want of voice); broken voice, broken accents, broken sentences. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ACCENTS |
| English words defined with "ACCENTS": Great climacteric ♦ Masoretic points and accents ♦ rhythmicity, Riding rhyme. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ACCENTS": national characters. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ACCENTS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (strain). |
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Screenplays | Because when you're a broke actor, you can't write, you can't paint, you have to practice accents while you're driving a taxicab (The 52nd Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Geum-sam Lee) I think all those people with the funny accents and weird skin color should go back to wherever they came from and leave this country to the people who rightfully stole it from the Indians which they deserved (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, adults (more than 5 years old) are unmistakable with dark brown plumage except for white head, neck and tails. The beak, eyes, legs, and feet are yellow. Wing span up to 2.5 meters, with females considerably larger than males. Immature eagles lack white plumage and yellow accents. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Let my accents swell to Mickleham on one side, and Dorking on the other |
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| "ACCENTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.76% of the time. "ACCENTS" is used about 423 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.76% | 422 | 13,494 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.24% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 423 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ACCENTS": broken accents ♦ in faltering accents ♦ Masoretic points and accents ♦ piece accents. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "ACCENTS": class-accents. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ACCENTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shqiptim (articulation, diction, enunciation, pronouncement, pronouncing, pronunciation, speech, utterance, vocalization). (various references) | |
Dutch | Nieuwe accenten in een groter Europa (New accents in an enlarged EU, New horizons within a larger Europe: shifting the emphasis). (various references) | |
German | Akzente, betont (accentuates, deliberate, emphasizes, emphatic, mannered, pointed, pronounced, stressed, stresses). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyomaték (emphasis, moment, momentum, stress, vigor, vigour, weight). (various references) | |
Italian | accenti. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | accentsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | acentos. (various references) | |
Romanian | litere cu accente (piece accents). (various references) | |
Russian | речь (address, allocution, discourse, harangue, language, oration, speech, words). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | akcenti. (various references) | |
Spanish | accentos. (various references) | |
Turkish | aksan işaretleri, aksan (accent), şive (accent, idiom, localism, speech, vernacular). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "ACCENTS": reaccents. (additional references) | |
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"ACCENTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accen, accentus, accert, accont, accsent, accunt, acent, acerts, acuent, eccen. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ACCENTS" (pronounced a"ksents) |
| 4 | -e n t s | comments, compliments, contents. |
| 3 | -n t s | accelerants, accidents, accompaniments, accomplishments, abandonments, abatements, abortifacients, accountants, accounts, accouterments, achievements, adherents, adjustments, adolescents, advancements, advertisements, affronts, agents, agreements, ailments, alignments, allotments, amendments, amounts, amusements, ancients, announcements, antecedents, antidepressants, antioxidants, ants, apartments, applicants, appointments, appoints, arguments, armaments, arraignments, arrangements, aspirants, assailants, assessments, assignments, assistants, astringents, attachments, attendants, aunts, ballpoints, basements, battlements, belligerents, blandishments, blueprints, blunts, bombardments, brents, celebrants, cents, chants, checkpoints, circumvents, claimants, clients, coefficients, combatants, commandments, commitments, compartments, complainants, complaints, complements, components, condiments, confidants, confronts, consents, consonants, constants, constituents, constraints, consultants, contaminants, contestants, continents, contingents, coolants, copayments, cormorants, correspondents, counts, covenants, croissants, Crosscurrents, currents, curtailments, dachshunds, debutantes, decedents, decongestants, defendants, deferments, defoliants, delinquents, dents, deodorants, departments, dependents, deployments, depressants, derailments, descendants, descendents, descents, detergents, determinants, deterrents, developments, deviants, disagreements, disappointments, disappoints, disbursements, discontents, discounts, disinfectants, dispersants, displacements, dissents, dissidents, divestments, docents, documents, eggplants, elements, elephants, embarrassments, emigrants, emplacements, employments, enactments, encampments, encroachments, endorsements, endowments, enforcements, engagements, enhancements, enjoyments, enlargements, enrollments, entanglements, entertainments, enticements, entitlements, entrants, environments, equipments, equivalents, escarpments, establishments, events, experiments, exponents, ferments, figments, filaments, fingerprints, flaunts, flints, fluorescents, fonts, footprints, forints, formants, fragments, frequents, fronts, garments, giants, governments, grandparents, grants, grunts, haunts, hints, hunts, hydrants, immigrants, impairments, impeachments, impediments, implants, implements, impoundments, imprints, improvements, incidents, incitements, incompetents, increments, incumbents, independents, indictments, indigents, inducements, infants, informants, infringements, ingredients, inhabitants, inhalants, innocents, inpatients, installments, instruments, insurgents, intents, invents, investments, involvements, irritants, jaunts, joints, judgements, judgments, laments, lieutenants, ligaments, litigants, lubricants, malcontents, managements, measurements, merchants, migrants, militants, mints, miscreants, misjudgments, misrepresents, misstatements, moments, monuments, mounts, movements, mutants, noncombatants, nonresidents, nutrients, occupants, opponents, ornaments, overpayments, overstatements, oxidants, pageants, paints, pants, parents, parliaments, participants, patents, patients, pavements, payments, peasants, pennants, percents, pheasants, pigments, pinpoints, pints, placements, plants, points, pollutants, portents, postponements, precedents, predicaments, prepayments, presents, presidents, prevents, prints, procurements, pronouncements, propellants, proponents, protestants, punishments, punts, quints, readjustments, reagents, realignments, reassignments, recipients, recounts, redeployments, reenactments, refinements, refreshments, refrigerants, Regents, regiments, registrants, reimbursements, reinforcements, remnants, rents, repayments, replacements, represents, reprints, requirements, resentments, resents, residents, respondents, restatements, restaurants, restraints, retirements, retrenchments, rodents, rudiments, sacraments, saints, savants, scents, sealants, sediments, segments, sentiments, sergeants, serpents, servants, settlements, shipments, solvents, splints, sprints, standpoints, statements, stimulants, stints, storefronts, students, stunts, subcontinents, succulents, supergiants, superintendents, supplements, sweatpants, taints, talents, taunts, temperaments, tenants, tenements, tents, tints, torments, torrents, tournaments, transients, transplants, treatments, tyrants, undercurrents, undergarments, underpants, underpayments, vagrants, variants, vents, viewpoints, wants, warrants, waterfronts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: accent, ascent, centas, enacts, secant, stance. | |
-2 letters: acnes, antes, canes, canst, cants, caste, cates, cents, cesta, enact, etnas, nates, neats, scant, scena, scent, stane, taces. | |
-3 letters: aces, acne, acts, anes, ante, ants, ates, cane, cans, cant, case, cast, cate, cats, ceca, cent, east, eats, etas, etna, neat, nest, nets, sane, sate, scan, scat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: acescent, coenacts, cosecant. | |
+2 letters: accentors, accidents, acescents, acutances, canescent, canticles, carcanets, catechins, cetaceans, chanciest, cosecants, desiccant, encaustic, reaccents, succinate. | |
+3 letters: accentless, accretions, anorectics, bacchantes, candescent, catchments, coalescent, confiscate, consecrate, consociate, contactees, crustacean, desiccants, encaustics, inculcates, nonascetic, reactances, recontacts, succinates, technicals, vaccinates. | |
+4 letters: acaulescent, accelerants, accentuates, acceptances, accidentals, accruements, acquiescent, actinomyces, antiscience, antisecrecy, cachinnates, calisthenic, candlestick, cantatrices, captaincies, catechumens, chatoyances, choanocytes, coelacanths, compactness, concavities, concertinas, conciliates, confiscated, confiscates, consecrated, consecrates, consecrator, consociated, consociates, constancies, contumacies, cosmetician, cotransduce, counteracts, crustaceans, desiccating, desiccation, encomiastic, expectances, exsiccating, exsiccation, incalescent, inductances, intricacies, mechanistic, nonascetics, nutcrackers, reluctances, technicians, technocrats. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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