PRIMARY ACCENT meaning: Strongest stress in a word - OneLook

Usually means: Strongest stress in a word.

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primary accent: Merriam-Webster
primary accent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
primary accent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
primary accent: Collins English Dictionary
primary accent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
primary accent: Infoplease Dictionary
primary accent: Dictionary.com
primary accent: TheFreeDictionary.com
primary accent: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (primary accent)

▸ noun: Synonym of primary stress

Similar:

accent, native language, acute accent, accentual, first language, accent mark, Spoken language, pronunciation, dialect, pronounciation, more...

Opposite:

secondary accent, unstressed syllable, weak stress

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Similar:

accent, native language, acute accent, accentual, first language, accent mark, Spoken language, pronunciation, dialect, pronounciation, more...

Opposite:

secondary accent, unstressed syllable, weak stress

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