accentuateverb [ T ]
uk/əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/us/əkˈsen.tʃu.eɪt/to emphasize a particular feature of something or to make something more noticeable:
Her dress was tightly belted, accentuating the slimness of her waist.
The new policy only serves to accentuate the inadequacy of help for the homeless.
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Stressing & emphasizing
- accent
- drive
- emphasis
- emphatic
- freaking
- fronting
- gloss
- hammer
- hammer sth home idiom
- howling
- impress sth on/upon sb
- insistence
- place
- play
- play sth up
- point
- point sth out
- point sth up
- should
- underline
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accentuation
noun [ U ] uk/əkˌsen.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/us/əkˌsen.tʃuˈeɪ.ʃən/