HYPHEN /ˈhaɪfn/ (n):

# [countable] The mark ( - ) used to join two words together to make a new one.

- Is there a hyphen in post-mortem?


DASH /dæʃ/ (n):

# [countable] The mark ( — ) used to separate parts of a sentence, often instead of a colon or in pairs instead of brackets.


/ˈæksent/ (n):

# A way of pronouncing the words of a language that shows which country, area or social class a person comes from; how well somebody pronounces a particular language.

A northern/ Dublin/ Scottish accent.

The Americans had learned Korean and spoke with a good accent.


# The emphasis that you should give to part of a word when saying it.

In "today" the accent is on the second syllable.


# A mark on a letter to show that it should be pronounced in a particular way.

Canapé has an accent on the "e".


>>> Acute accent /əˌkjuːt ˈæksent/ (n): the mark placed over a vowel to show how it should be pronounced, as over the "e" in "financé".


>>> Circumflex (accent) /ˈsɜːrkəmfleks/ (n): the mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the "o" in "rôle".


>>> Grave (accent) /ɡrɑːv/ (n): a mark placed over a vowel in some languages to show how it should be pronounced, as over the "e" in the French word "père".


>>> Tilde /ˈtɪldə/ (n) (also Swung Dash): ​the mark ( ˜ ) placed over letters in some languages and some vowels in the International Phonetic Alphabet to show how they should be pronounced, as in España, São Paulo and /pɒ̃ʃɒ̃/ (penchant).


>>> Underdot (n): A dot placed below a letter, as a diacritical mark (Ex: "A" with the underdot = "Ạ"); Dấu nặng.


>>> Hook Above /hʊk əˈbʌv/ (n): In typesetting, the hook above (Vietnamese: dấu hỏi) is a diacritic mark placed on top of vowels in the Vietnamese alphabet. In shape, it looks like a tiny question mark without the dot underneath. For example, a capital A with a hook is "Ả", and a lower case "u" with a hook is "ủ". The hook is usually written to the right of the circumflex in conventional Vietnamese orthography.

  

>>> Horn /hɔːrn/ (n): The horn (Vietnamese: dấu móc or dấu râu) is a diacritic mark attached to the top right corner of the letters "o" and "u" in the Vietnamese alphabet to give "ơ" and "ư" (Ex: "O" with the horn).


>>> Breve /briːv/ (n): The breve is the diacritic mark ( ˘ ), shaped like the bottom half of a circle (Ex: "A" with the breve).


>>> Diacritic /ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk/ (n): ​a mark such as an accent, placed over, under or through a letter in some languages, to show that the letter should be pronounced in a different way from the same letter without a mark.


# [singular] A special importance that is given to something.

In all our products, the accent is on quality.


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urgh exclamation

 /əx/

 /ərx/

(also ugh)

​the way of writing the sound that people make when they think that something is horrible

Urgh! There's a dead fly in my coffee!


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LINGO /ˈlɪŋɡəʊ/ (n): 

# [singular] (informal) ​a language, especially a foreign language.

# (especially North American English) expressions used by a particular group of people

SYNONYM jargon;

LINGUA FRANCA /ˌlɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/ (n):

# a shared language of communication used between people whose main languages are different.