Definitions for stress
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Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stress, emphasis, accentnoun

   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. tension, tenseness, stressnoun

   (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

   "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

3. stress, focusnoun

   special emphasis attached to something

   "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

4. stress, strainnoun

   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. stressverb

   (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. stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuateverb

   to stress, single out as important

   "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

7. stress, accent, accentuateverb

   put stress on; utter with an accent

   "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

8. try, strain, stressverb

   test the limits of

   "You are trying my patience!"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. stressnoun

   The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by u03C3

2. stressnoun

   externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

3. stressnoun

   Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

   Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.

4. stressnoun

   The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.

   Some people put the stress on the first syllable of controversy; others put it on the second.

5. stressnoun

   Emphasis placed on words in speaking.

6. stressnoun

   Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

7. stressverb

   To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

8. stressverb

   To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

9. stressverb

   To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

10. stressverb

    To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

    Emphasis is stressed on the first syllable, but emphatic is stressed on the second.

11. stressverb

    To emphasise (words in speaking).

12. stressverb

    To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

    I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stressnoun

   Etymology: stece , Saxon violence; or from distress.

   1. Importance; important part.

   A body may as well lay too little as too much stress upon a dream; but the less we heed them the better. Roger L'Estrange.

   The stress of the fable lies upon the hazard of having a numerous stock of children. Roger L'Estrange.

   This, on which the great stress of the business depends, would have been made out with reasons sufficient. John Locke.

   Consider how great a stress he laid upon this duty, while upon earth, and how earnestly he recommended it. Francis Atterbury.

   2. Violence; force, either acting or suffered.

   By stress of weather driv’n,
   At last they landed. John Dryden, Æn.

   Though the faculties of the mind are improved by exercise, yet they must not be put to a stress beyond their strength. John Locke.

2. To Stressverb

   To distress; to put to hardships or difficulties.

   Etymology: Evidently from distress.

   Stirred with pity of the stressed plight
   Of this sad realm. Fairy Queen.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stressnoun

   distress

2. Stressnoun

   pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance

3. Stressnoun

   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. Stressnoun

   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. Stressnoun

   distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained

6. Stressverb

   to press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties

7. Stressverb

   to subject to stress, pressure, or strain

8. Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. distress; or cf. OF. estrecier to press, pinch, (assumed) LL. strictiare, fr. L. strictus. See Distress.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stress

   In continuum mechanics, stress is a physical quantity that expresses the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other. For example, when a solid vertical bar is supporting a weight, each particle in the bar pulls on the particles immediately above and below it. When a liquid is under pressure, each particle gets pushed inwards by all the surrounding particles, and, in reaction, pushes them outwards. These macroscopic forces are actually the average of a very large number of intermolecular forces and collisions between the molecules in those particles. Stress inside a body may arise by various mechanisms, such as reaction to external forces applied to the bulk material or to its surface. Any strain of a solid material generates an internal elastic stress, analogous to the reaction force of a spring, that tends to restore the material to its original undeformed state. In liquids and gases, only deformations that change the volume generate persistent elastic stress. However, if the deformation is gradually changing with time, even in fluids there will usually be some viscous stress, opposing that change. Elastic and viscous stresses are usually combined under the name mechanical stress.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stress

   stres, n. force: pressure: urgency: strain: violence, as of the weather: the relative loudness or emphasis with which certain syllables are pronounced, accent: weight, importance: (mech.) force exerted in any direction or manner between two bodies—the greatest stress which a substance will bear without being torn asunder being its ultimate strength.—v.t. to constrain: lay stress on: to emphasise. [O. Fr. estrecir, from L. strictus, stringĕre, to draw tight.]

2. Stress

   stres, n. distress: legal distraining.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Stress

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stress

   Hard pressure by weather or other causes. Stress of weather often compels a ship to put back to the port whence she sailed.

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1. stressnoun

   Marijuana, mostly mexican marijauna. That's what the fu** i get for smoking mexican stress -- Mac Dre (Fu** Off The Party) I confiscate the chronic, I let you keep the stress -- Prince Paul ft. Everlast (The Men in Blue)

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1. stress

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stress' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2716

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stress' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2611

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stress' in Nouns Frequency: #1070

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stress' in Verbs Frequency: #452

How to pronounce stress?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say stress in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stress in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stress in a Sentence

1. Theresa Depasquale:

   The big thing that I would stress is that we wanted to have the nicestbooties on the stageso it just kind of evolved from there and I became known as the ‘booty queen,’.

2. Ken Yeager:

   We know that physical activity and healthy foods will help your body better deal with stress, and yet we often avoid them when we need them the most, people really need to think about this downward spiral we get into and work harder to counteract it.

3. William Waldman:

   One of the issues that drives abuse and neglect is stress, everybody's stressed out now.

4. Foods Pregnant Women:

   Plus, things like stress can throw off ovulation, so even if you think you are scheduling everything out to the T, your body could naturally be delayed a little bit, if you have sex and take a pregnancy test a few days later, it can still come back negative. That doesn’t mean the test is not accurate or you’re not pregnant, it could mean that you’re doing it too early.

5. Alex Lamers:

   Heat stress tends to have a cumulative effect so if you're not recovering at night, especially if you don't have an air conditioning unit, you'll accumulate more heat stress, when it stays warm overnight, it provides a higher launch for temperatures the next day.

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