Question

Use a dictionary to find the primary accent in the word. Type an "A" in the box above the syllable that should be accented.

Answer 1

       A

u ni lat er al

The word unilateral has the primary accent on the third syllable, "lat". The primary accent concerns the most stressed syllable in a word. Long words may have also a secondary accent, meaning another syllable is stressed but not as strongly as the primary one. In the case of the word "unilateral", the secondary accented syllable is the first one, "u".