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Universal Words noun 1 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 Espana, Sao Paulo and penchant compareACUTEACCENT, CIRCUMFLEX, GRAVE, UMLAUT 2 the mark ( ) used in this dictionary in some parts of an entry to represent the word in dark type at the top of the entry