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Grave Accent
see synonyms of grave accentNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Grave Accent
see synonyms of grave accent a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
a.
the quality or length of a vowel, as in French chère
b.
in French, a distinction in meaning, as in où, “where” and ou, “or”
c.
secondary stress as in týpewrìter
d.
full pronunciation of a syllable normally elided in speech, as in lovèd
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Grave Accent
see synonyms of grave accentn.
1. A mark ( ` ) indicating a pronounced e for the sake of meter in the usually nonsyllabic ending -ed in English poetry.
2. A similar mark used in various languages as an indication of vowel quality or quantity.
3. A similar mark used, as in transliteration of Chinese, to indicate that a syllable has a falling pitch.
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