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Stress Mark
A stress mark, also known as an accent mark or accent symbol, is a diacritical mark placed above a letter or syllable to indicate the stressed or emphasized pronunciation of a word.
Examples of usage:
- Noun: The stress mark in the word "résumé" is placed on the second syllable.
- Verb: When writing in IPA, linguists use symbols to represent stress marks.
- Adjective: In Spanish, words can have either a stress mark on the last syllable (aguda), second-to-last syllable (grave), or third-to-last syllable (esdrújula).
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