Home › Words › A › accentuationaccentuation/ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/accentuation means A more distinct or prominent form.accentuation is pronounced /ˌækˌsɛn.t͡ʃəˈweɪ.ʃən/.EtymologyFrom Late Latin accentuatio. Compare French accentuation. Equivalent to accentuate + -ion.nounA more distinct or prominent form.e.g.“The secretary withdrew with an accentuation of his unhappy manner. It was very distressing to him, this dispersal of the family heirlooms.” — 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:Act of accentuating; applications of accent.e.g.“This elementary instruction is language at its most advanced to minds trained on the accentuation of the antepenult (multiplicity) and on Sievers-type C2 half-line metrical patterns[.]” — 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 110:Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accentuate 74% match — To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress. vs accentuation →accent 74% match — A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. vs accentuation →overaccentuation 72% match — Excessive accentuation. vs accentuation →accentedness 68% match — Quality of being accented. vs accentuation →accentuality 67% match — The quality of being accentual. vs accentuation →accentuator 66% match — An agent that accentuates. vs accentuation →accentual 66% match — Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent. vs accentuation →emphasization 65% match — A process or action of emphasizing; emphasis. vs accentuation →