accent

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ broad (esp. BrE), heavy, marked, pronounced, strong, thick

▪

She had a pronounced Southern accent.

▪ slight

▪ country, foreign, local, regional (esp. BrE)

▪ American, British (AmE), English, French, etc.

▪ northern, southern, etc.

▪ middle-class (BrE)

▪ cut-glass (BrE), posh (BrE), public-school (BrE), RP

▪

He spoke with a cut-glass English accent.

▪ cockney, hick (informal, esp. AmE), Midwestern, Valley Girl, etc.

… OF ACCENT

▪ hint, trace

▪

Her French was excellent, without a trace of an accent.

VERB + ACCENT

▪ have, speak in, speak with

▪ acquire (esp. BrE)

▪ adopt, affect, assume, put on

▪

She put on a Southern accent when she answered the phone.

▪ fake, imitate, mimic

▪ cultivate

▪ drop, lose

▪

He lost his accent after moving to the capital.

▪ place

▪

Where are you from? I can't place your accent.

PREPOSITION

▪ in an accent

▪

She spoke in a strong Jamaican accent.

▪ with an accent, without an accent

▪

a tall man with a Canadian accent

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verb

Accent is used with these nouns as the object: ↑syllable