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Noun: stress stres- The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- emphasis, accent - (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
"stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- tension, tenseness - Special emphasis attached to something
"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
- focus - 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"
- strain - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
Verb: stress stres- To stress, single out as important
- emphasize, emphasise [Brit], punctuate, accent, accentuate - Put stress on; utter with an accent
- accent, accentuate - Test the limits of
- try, strain
Derived forms: stressing, stresses, stressed See also: stressor Type of: accent, afflict, articulate, difficulty, emphasis, enounce, enunciate, evince, express, force, inflection, mental strain, nervous strain, pronounce, prosody, say, show, sound out, strain Encyclopedia: Stress Stress, mechanical |