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Definition of 'stress'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) stress
importance or significance attached to a thing; emphasis:
to lay stress upon good manners.

2.  stress
emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a speech sound, syllable, or word as a result of special effort in utterance.

3.  stress
accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat.

4.  stress
the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain.

5.  stress
the action on a body of any system of balanced forces whereby strain or deformation results.

6.  stress
the intensity of such action, as measured in pounds per square inch or pascals.

7.  stress
a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium.

8.  stress
physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension.

9.  stress
Archaic. intense exertion.

10. (v.t.) stress
to emphasize.

11.  stress
to pronounce (a speech sound, syllable, or word) with prominent loudness; accent.

12.  stress
to subject to stress.

Etymology: (1275–1325; (n.) ME stresse, aph. var. of distressedistress)

Definition of 'stress'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) stress, emphasis, accent
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

2. (noun) tension, tenseness, stress
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
"he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

3. (noun) stress, focus
special emphasis attached to something
"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

4. (noun) stress, strain
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
"she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson

5. (verb) stress
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

6. (verb) stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
to stress, single out as important
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

7. (verb) stress, accent, accentuate
put stress on; utter with an accent
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

8. (verb) try, strain, stress
test the limits of
"You are trying my patience!"

Definition of 'stress'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) stress
feelings of being tired, worried, and unable to deal with problems
students experiencing stress before final exams; the stresses and strains of working two jobs

2.  stress
pressure that damages sth
As one engine part fails, it puts stress on other parts.

3.  stress
emphasis or importance
The school puts a lot of stress on good behavior.

4.  stress
the force you give to a word or syllable when you say it
In the word "surprise," the stress is on the second syllable.

5. (verb) stress
to emphasize the importance of sth
We stress safe driving habits with young drivers.; I want to stress that we have not forgotten those who helped us.

6.  stress
to give extra force to a word or syllable when you speak
"I am not quitting," she said stressing "not."

Definition of 'stress'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) stress
distress

2. (noun) stress
pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance

3. (noun) stress
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

4. (noun) 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

5. (noun) stress
distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained

6. (verb) stress
to press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties

7. (verb) stress
to subject to stress, pressure, or strain

Definition of 'stress'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. stress
Force exercised upon a solid tending to distort it, or to produce a strain.

Translation of 'stress'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress.
Afrikaans: stres, spanning	Arabic: ضَغْط	Bulgarian: напрежение
Brazilian: tensão	Czech: stres	German: der Streß
Danish: stress; pres	Greek: πίεση, άγχος	Spanish: tensión, estrés
Estonian: stress	Farsi: فشار روحي	Finnish: stressi
French: stress	Hebrew: מֶתַח	Hindi: भार
Croatian: pritisak, stres	Hungarian: stressz	Indonesian: tekanan jiwa
Icelandic: spenna, stress	Italian: stress	Japanese: ストレス
Korean: 스트레스, 압박	Lithuanian: stresas,įtempimas	Latvian: stress; spriedze
Malay: tekanan	Dutch: spanning	Norwegian: stress, (over)belastning
Polish: napięcie, stres	Persian: فشار روحي	Pashto: روحی فشار
Portuguese: tensão	Romanian: stres	Russian: напряжение; стресс
Slovak: stres	Slovenian: stres	Serbian: stres
Swedish: stress	Thai: ความตึงเครียด	Turkish: gerilim, stres
Taiwanese: 緊張	Ukrainian: напруження, тиск	Urdu: پریشانی
Vietnamese: sự căng thẳng	Chinese: 紧张
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