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stress

/strɛs/

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verb
to stress, single out as important
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accent accentuate emphasise emphasize punctuate

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evince show express
noun
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
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"she endured the stresses and strains of life" "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"

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strain

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difficulty
noun
special emphasis attached to something
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"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

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focus

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accent emphasis
verb
test the limits of
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strain try

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afflict
noun
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
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"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

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accent emphasis

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prosody inflection
noun
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
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"stress is a vasoconstrictor"

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tenseness tension

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nervous strain strain mental strain
verb
put stress on; utter with an accent
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accent accentuate

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enunciate pronounce say sound out articulate enounce
noun
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
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"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

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force

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