Noun
1. distinctive manner of oral expression;
"he couldn't suppress his contemptuous accent""she had a very clear speech pattern"2. special importance or significance;
"the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis""the room was decorated in shades of gray with distinctive red accents"3. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;
"the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English""he has a strong German accent"4. the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch);
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"5. a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation