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GRAVE ACCENT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
Synonyms:
grave; grave accent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("grave accent" is a kind of...):
accent; accent mark (a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation)