korostaa — meaning in English

English meaning

• accent noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
• accentuate verb To make something more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
• acute adj Sudden and severe, especially describing an illness or pain.
• emphasize verb To give special importance or extra stress to something.
• heighten verb To increase the intensity, degree, or effect of something.
• highlight noun The most memorable or exciting part of an event, experience, or period.
• relieve verb To ease or reduce pain, distress, or worry.
• set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out toward somewhere.
• twang noun A sharp, ringing sound made by a tight string being plucked and released, such as a bowstring or guitar string.

Senses

korostaa is used for these senses in English:

• accent (transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
• accentuate (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
• accentuate (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize. [from 1865]
• acute (transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
• emboss To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
• emphasize (transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
• heighten To make high; to raise higher; to elevate.
• highlight (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

accent — full definition

1. noun A distinctive way of pronouncing a language, typical of a region, country, or social group.
2. noun A mark placed over a letter to show pronunciation or stress.
3. noun A detail that stands out and adds emphasis or contrast, especially in design.
4. verb To emphasize or draw attention to something.

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