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   accentuation

   /əkˌsɛntʃʊˈeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action or fact of accentuating or of being accentuated: "the accentuation of the Treasury's currency policy"
   • ▪ the pattern of relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.

   Word Origin late 15th century: in early use from medieval Latin accentuatio(n-); in later use (early 19th century) from accentuate.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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