Usually means: Lesser stress on another syllable.
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  1. secondary accent: Merriam-Webster
  2. secondary accent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. secondary accent: Collins English Dictionary
  4. secondary accent: Wordnik
  5. secondary accent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  6. secondary accent: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. secondary accent: Dictionary.com
  8. secondary accent: FreeDictionary.org
  9. secondary accent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. secondary accent: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of secondary stress

Similar:
accenting, accent mark, accentuation, accentual, acute accent, secondary education, dialect, Spoken language, native language, pronunciation, more...

Opposite:
primary accent, stress, emphasis

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Similar:
accenting, accent mark, accentuation, accentual, acute accent, secondary education, dialect, Spoken language, native language, pronunciation, more...

Opposite:
primary accent, stress, emphasis



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