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Meaning of 'stress' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Stress [ n.]
- Distress.
- Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance.
- The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress.
- Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
- Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
2 . Stress [ v. t.]
- To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties.
- To subject to stress, pressure, or strain.

Meaning of 'stress' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . stress [ n]
Meaning (1):
- difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
Example in sentence:
  • he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger;
  • she endured the stresses and strains of life
Meaning (2):
- the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
Example in sentence:
  • he put the stress on the wrong syllable
Meaning (3):
- (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
Example in sentence:
  • he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension;
  • stress is a vasoconstrictor
Meaning (4):
- (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
Example in sentence:
  • the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area
Meaning (5):
- special emphasis attached to something
Example in sentence:
  • the stress was more on accuracy than on speed
6 . stress [ v]
Meaning (6):
- to stress, single out as important
Example in sentence:
  • Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
Meaning (7):
- put stress on; utter with an accent
Example in sentence:
  • In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word
Meaning (8):
- test the limits of
Example in sentence:
  • You are trying my patience!

Nearby Words:

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