stress
IPA: strˈɛs
noun
- (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- (countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- (countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- (countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- (Scotland, law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- Obsolete form of distress. [Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.]
verb
- (transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- (transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- (transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- (transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
- (transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
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Examples of "stress" in Sentences
- Is the ownership stressful
- It's stressful to be the subject.
- It is very stressful for the dog.
- Childbirth is stressful for the infant.
- It's not worth the stress and aggravation.
- It stresses the importance of the publisher.
- Under the pressure of great stress the vessels constrict.
- Tensile ultimate strength is the stress at which the bolt fails.
- In the brain, it may be responsible for the effects of stress on appetite.
- The prosody section should be for word stress, sentence stress, and intonation.
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