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stress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate |
| Type of | evince, show, express |
| Has types | underscore, 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 |
stress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | strain |
| Type of | difficulty |
she endured the stresses and strains of life.
he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger.
stress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accent, emphasis |
| Type of | prosody, inflection |
| Has types | sentence stress, word accent, word stress, accentuation, pitch accent, tonic accent |
he put the stress on the wrong syllable.
stress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tenseness, tension |
| Type of | nervous strain, strain, mental strain |
| Has types | breaking point, yips |
stress is a vasoconstrictor.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | accent, accentuate |
| Type of | enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out, articulate, enounce |
stress::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | force |
| Has types | tension, breaking point |
the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area.
Examples of stress
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Citing statistics, they stress how rarely fatal firearm-related accidents occur.
From the dailyherald.com
If a person ignores stress fractures, the bone can develop a full-fledged break.
From the stltoday.com
You have to use fertilizer, which creates stress, and you're creating a monster.
From the news-journalonline.com
On the other end of the scale, 82 per cent of workers reported low or no stress.
From the sciencedaily.com
Creek suffered a stress fracture in his patella Saturday night against Michigan.
From the courier-journal.com
Passengers stress the doors by leaning against them or trying to hold them open.
From the washingtonpost.com
We'll continue to work to get better so that we can perform better under stress.
From the dailyherald.com
Indeed, all of these are known to be associated with stress reactions in horses.
From the sciencedaily.com
Especially at the outset of any branding project, stress clear and simple terms.
From the forbes.com
- The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
- To stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
- Put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
- Tension: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
- Special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
- Try: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"
- Stress is the second album made by Quebec band Anonymus.
- Stress was a melodic rock band formed in San Diego in 1983.
- Stress is a term in psychology and biology, first coined in the biological context in the 1930s, which has in more recent decades become a commonplace of popular parlance. ...
