{
    "term": "accent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language",
            "sensetop": "with an accent",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a northern/Dublin/Scottish accent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **strong/broad accent** *(= one that is easy to notice)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke English with an accent.",
                    "contextForm": "with an accent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Americans had learned Korean and spoke with a good accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lost his accent after moving to the capital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He spoke with a cut-glass English accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a pronounced Scottish accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She put on a Southern accent when she answered the phone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She spoke in a broad Midlands accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where are you from? I can't place your accent."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tall man with a Canadian accent"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a fine performance from Diaz, despite her poor Irish accent."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["broad", "heavy", "marked"],
                "… of accent": ["hint", "trace"],
                "verb + accent": ["have", "speak in", "speak with"],
                "preposition": ["in an accent", "with an accent", "without an accent"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying it",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In ‘today’ the accent is on the second syllable."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "stress"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a mark on a letter to show that it should be pronounced in a particular way",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Canapé has an accent on the ‘e’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a special importance that is given to something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "In all our products **the accent is on** quality."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "emphasis"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæksent//ˈæksənt/",
                "audio": "ac/accent/accent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈæksent//ˈæksənt/",
                "audio": "ac/accent/accent__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘intonation’): from Latin accentus ‘tone, signal, or intensity’ (from ad- ‘to’ + cantus ‘song’), translating Greek prosōidia ‘a song sung to music, intonation’."
}