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primary accent
primary accentn. See primary stress.primary accent or primary stressn (Linguistics) linguistics the strongest accent in a word or breath group, as that on the first syllable of agriculture. Compare secondary accentpri′mary stress′ n. the principal or strongest degree of stress in a word or phrase: indicated in this dictionary by the mark (′). Compare secondary stress. [1950–55] EncyclopediaSeeprimary stress |