accentuate

ac·cen·tu·ate

A0038200 (ăk-sĕn′cho͞o-āt′)tr.v. ac·cen·tu·at·ed, ac·cen·tu·at·ing, ac·cen·tu·ates 1. To stress or emphasize; intensify: "land-reform plans that accentuated the already chaotic pattern of landholding" (James Fallows).2. To pronounce with a stress or accent.3. To mark with an accent.

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[Medieval Latin accentuāre, accentuāt-, from Latin accentus, accent; see accent.]

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ac·cen′tu·a′tion n.

accentuate

(ækˈsɛntʃʊˌeɪt) vb (tr) to stress or emphasize acˌcentuˈation n

ac•cen•tu•ate

(ækˈsɛn tʃuˌeɪt)

v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing. 1. to give emphasis or prominence to. 2. to mark or pronounce with an accent. [1725–35; < Medieval Latin accentuātus, past participle of accentuāre, derivative of Latin accentus accent] ac•cen`tu•a′tion, n. ac•cen′tu•a`tor, n.

accentuate

Past participle: accentuated
Gerund: accentuating

Imperative
accentuate
accentuate

Present
I accentuate
you accentuate
he/she/it accentuates
we accentuate
you accentuate
they accentuate

Preterite
I accentuated
you accentuated
he/she/it accentuated
we accentuated
you accentuated
they accentuated

Present Continuous
I am accentuating
you are accentuating
he/she/it is accentuating
we are accentuating
you are accentuating
they are accentuating

Present Perfect
I have accentuated
you have accentuated
he/she/it has accentuated
we have accentuated
you have accentuated
they have accentuated

Past Continuous
I was accentuating
you were accentuating
he/she/it was accentuating
we were accentuating
you were accentuating
they were accentuating

Past Perfect
I had accentuated
you had accentuated
he/she/it had accentuated
we had accentuated
you had accentuated
they had accentuated

Future
I will accentuate
you will accentuate
he/she/it will accentuate
we will accentuate
you will accentuate
they will accentuate

Future Perfect
I will have accentuated
you will have accentuated
he/she/it will have accentuated
we will have accentuated
you will have accentuated
they will have accentuated

Future Continuous
I will be accentuating
you will be accentuating
he/she/it will be accentuating
we will be accentuating
you will be accentuating
they will be accentuating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been accentuating
you have been accentuating
he/she/it has been accentuating
we have been accentuating
you have been accentuating
they have been accentuating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been accentuating
you will have been accentuating
he/she/it will have been accentuating
we will have been accentuating
you will have been accentuating
they will have been accentuating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been accentuating
you had been accentuating
he/she/it had been accentuating
we had been accentuating
you had been accentuating
they had been accentuating

Conditional
I would accentuate
you would accentuate
he/she/it would accentuate
we would accentuate
you would accentuate
they would accentuate

Past Conditional
I would have accentuated
you would have accentuated
he/she/it would have accentuated
we would have accentuated
you would have accentuated
they would have accentuated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accentuate - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"accent, emphasize, stress, punctuate, emphasisebackground, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets"re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background"evince, express, show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'"point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas"emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
	2.	accentuate - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"accent, stressenounce, enunciate, pronounce, sound out, articulate, say - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

accentuate

verb emphasize, stress, highlight, accent, underline, bring home, underscore, foreground, foreground, give emphasis to, call or draw attention to His shaven head accentuates his large round face.
play down, minimize, gloss over, underplay, soft-pedal (informal), make light or little of

accentuate

verbTo accord emphasis to:accent, emphasize, feature, highlight, italicize, play up, point up, stress, underline, underscore.

Translations

accentueraggraveraccentareaccentaturaaccentuare