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Noun: initial stress
  1. An accent on the first syllable of a word.
    "The fronting took place more slowly in American English and so Modern American English has forms like elo'ngate, imprégnate and remonstrate where British English usually has initial stress."

Type of: word accent, word stress

Nearest

inimitableness
inimitably
inion
iniquitous
iniquitously
iniquity
initial
initial offering
initial public offering
initial rhyme
initial stress
initialisation
initialise
initialism
initialization
initialize
initially
initiate
initiation
initiative
initiator