From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe stress/accent/beat falls on somethingthe stress/accent/beat falls on somethingSLAPMused to say that a particular part of a word, phrase, or piece of music is emphasized or is played more loudly than the rest In the word ‘report’, the stress falls on the second syllable. → fall
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the stress/accent/beat falls on something• In the word "spoken, " the stress falls on the first syllable. 