mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"
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(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
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difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; "his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change"; "a subtle difference"; "that…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.forceful and definite in expression or action; "the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense e…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a wea…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some; "little rain fell…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive s…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.marked by avoidance of extravagance or extremes; "moderate in his demands"; "restrained in his response"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.(quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with ‘a’) at least some; "little rain fell…
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.mild and pleasant; "balmy days and nights"; "the climate was mild and conducive to life or growth"; "a soft breeze"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope"
Used in the same subject area: Emotion and tone, Intensity and degree.
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the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.The cutting off or suppression of a vowel or syllable, for the sake of meter or euphony; esp., in poetry, the dropping of a final vowe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.a syllable with a short vowel as the nucleus and no coda.; "A light syllable consists of a single short vowel in an open syllable."
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A short, straight, horizontal mark [-], placed over vowels to denote that they are to be pronounced with a long sound; as, a, in dame;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.; "The rela…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: vowels, syllables, pronounced, little, stress.
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