# accents

Pronunciation: US say "AK-sents" /ˈæk.sɛnts/; UK say "AK-suhnts" /ˈæksənts/

## Noun

1. Plural of accent. — plural of accent
   - Simple: Plural of accent. Use this form when you mean more than one accent.
   - _The language students worked to soften their foreign accents._
   - _French and Spanish both use accents over certain letters to guide pronunciation._

## Verb

Pronunciation: US say "AK-sents" /ˈæk.sɛnts/; UK say "ak-SENTS" /ækˈsɛnts/

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of accent. — third-person singular simple present indicative of accent
   - Simple: Third-person singular of accent. Use it when he, she, or it does this now.
   - _The designer accents the plain hallway with a single framed print._
   - _In this dialect, the speaker accents the final syllable of the word._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/accents (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).