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UK
/stɹˈɛs/
]
[ US /ˈstɹɛs/ ]
[ US /ˈstɹɛs/ ]
NOUN
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special emphasis attached to something
the stress was more on accuracy than on speed -
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
stress is a vasoconstrictor
he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension -
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
he put the stress on the wrong syllable -
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area -
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
she endured the stresses and strains of life
he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger
VERB
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put stress on; utter with an accent
In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word -
to stress, single out as important
Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet -
test the limits of
You are trying my patience!
How To Use stress In A Sentence
- The flight crew made a distress call and the aircraft landed safely on one engine around 14 minutes after take-off.
- It's soundproof and completely dark, and I go in there for a couple of hours at a time, You don't realize how much stress you carry around in your muscles and tissue until you lie in this completely buoyant environment.
- This puts a lot of stress on our eyes which can suffer from blurriness, fatigue etc. Glasses Lot | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles
- Women also frequently work in family businesses as shopkeepers and seamstresses.
- The requests were the old ones: portraits of pretty mistresses done up as Arcadian shepherdesses, Virgins with downcast eyes and brilliant blue cloaks, sentimentalised pictures of the Infant Christ.
- He replied, “I know not; but thou art better able to judge, being acquainted with the ways of thy man, more by token that thou art one of the sharpest-witted of women and past mistress of devices such as devise that whereof fail the wise.” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
- The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
- The four stresses of the Anglo-Saxon verse are retained, and as much thesis and anacrusis is allowed as is consistent with a regular cadence. Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem
- The prototypical noun may be (though need not be) quite long, stress will fall early in the word, the stressed vowel will be non-front, and the final consonant (if an obstruent) will be voiceless.
- A wardrobe mistress arrives with my armour. Times, Sunday Times
