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ACCENTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does accenting mean?
• ACCENTING (noun)
The noun ACCENTING has 1 sense:
1. the act of giving special importance or significance to something
Familiarity information: ACCENTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of giving special importance or significance to something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
accenting; accentuation; emphasizing
Hypernyms ("accenting" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
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