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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 stresses
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The official stresses that there is no intelligence about an active terror plot.
From the dailyherald.com
BofA stresses that it gives credit cards to only half of all student applicants.
From the businessweek.com
It stresses it only passes customers'details onto lawyers with their permission.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
A website where the app can be downloaded stresses that it is only a video game.
From the thenewstribune.com
Despite the relative rarity of these mutations, Ellis stresses their importance.
From the sciencedaily.com
Columbia broke up as well after severe stresses were put upon it during reentry.
From the newscientist.com
Dr Bolton stresses the importance of talking to someone, anyone who will listen.
From the him.uk.msn.com
It's not something Jackson stresses within the confines of the triangle offense.
From the dailynews.com
Few mainstream economists expect the euro to collapse amid the current stresses.
From the businessweek.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. ...
