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English noun: stress | |||
| 1. | stress (communication) the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) | ||
| Samples | He put the stress on the wrong syllable. | ||
| Synonyms | accent, emphasis | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inflection, prosody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accentuation, pitch accent, sentence stress, tonic accent, word accent, word stress | ||
| 2. | stress (state) (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense | ||
| Samples | He suffered from fatigue and emotional tension. Stress is a vasoconstrictor. | ||
| Synonyms | tenseness, tension | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mental strain, nervous strain, strain | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breaking point, yips | ||
| Domain category | psychological science, psychology | ||
| 3. | stress (state) special emphasis attached to something | ||
| Samples | The stress was more on accuracy than on speed. | ||
| Synonyms | focus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accent, emphasis | ||
| 4. | stress (state) difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension | ||
| Samples | She endured the stresses and strains of life. He presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger. | ||
| Synonyms | strain | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | difficulty | ||
| 5. | stress (phenomenon) (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body | ||
| Samples | The intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | force | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | breaking point, tension | ||
| Domain category | natural philosophy, physics | ||
English verb: stress | |||
| 1. | stress (communication) to stress, single out as important | ||
| Samples | Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet. | ||
| Synonyms | accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evince, express, show | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | background, bear down, bring out, downplay, drive home, emphasise, emphasize, play down, point up, press home, ram home, re-emphasise, re-emphasize, set off, topicalize, underline, underscore | ||
| 2. | stress (communication) put stress on; utter with an accent | ||
| Samples | In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word. | ||
| Synonyms | accent, accentuate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out | ||
| 3. | stress (emotion) test the limits of | ||
| Samples | You are trying my patience!. | ||
| Synonyms | strain, try | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | afflict | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rack | ||
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