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noun

Importance
emphasis, stress, weight, significance; see importance 1.
Stress
stress, prominence, emphasis, beat, stroke, pitch, modulation, accentuation, rhythm, meter, cadence, accent mark, diacritic.
Manner of pronunciation
pronunciation, speech pattern, inflection, intonation, articulation, enunciation, dialect, twang, drawl, brogue, burr; see also dialect.

verb

accentuate, stress, intensify; see emphasize.

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