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accentuate
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
accentuate
(verb)
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accentuate
/æk
ˈ
sɛntʃəˌweɪt/
verb
accentuates
;
accentuated
;
accentuating
accentuate
/æk
ˈ
sɛntʃəˌweɪt/
verb
accentuates
;
accentuated
;
accentuating
Learner's definition of ACCENTUATE
[
+ object
]
:
to make (something) more noticeable
He likes to wear clothes that
accentuate
his muscular build.
We felt that the article
accentuated
[=
emphasized
] the positive aspects of the program.
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/ɪkˌsɛntʃə
ˈ
weɪʃən/
noun
[
noncount
]
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