HyperDic: stress

English > 8 senses of the word *stress*:
NOUN	communication	stress, emphasis, accent	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
	state	stress, tension, tenseness	(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
	state	stress, focus	special emphasis attached to something
	state	stress, strain	difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
	phenomenon	stress	(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
VERB	communication	stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate	to stress, single out as important
	communication	stress, accent, accentuate	put stress on
	emotion	stress, try, strain	test the limits of

stress > pronunciation
Sounds	streh's
Rhymes	ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs...

English > *stress*: 8 senses > noun 1, communication
Meaning	The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch).
Example	"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Synonyms	emphasis, accent
Narrower	accentuation	The use or application of an accent
	sentence stress	The distribution of stresses within a sentence
	tonic accent, pitch accent	emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
	word stress, word accent	The distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
Broader	prosody, inflection	The patterns of stress and intonation in a language
Spanish	acento, acentuación, énfasis, tilde
Catalan	accent, accentuació, èmfasi
Verbs	stress	put stress on

English > *stress*: 8 senses > noun 2, state
Meaning	(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense.
Example	"stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Synonyms	tension, tenseness
Category	psychology, psychological science	The science of mental life
Narrower	breaking point	(psychology) stress / stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
Narrower	yips	nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
Broader	strain, mental strain, nervous strain	(psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
Spanish	agotamiento, estrés, fatiga, stress, tensión
Catalan	esgotament, estrès, fatiga, tensió
Verbs	stress	test the limits of

English > *stress*: 8 senses > noun 3, state
Meaning	Special emphasis attached to something.
Example	"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
Synonym	focus
Broader	emphasis, accent	Special importance or significance / significance
Spanish	énfasis
Catalan	focus
Verbs	stress	to stress, single out as important

English > *stress*: 8 senses > noun 4, state
Meaning	difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension.
Examples	"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
Synonym	strain
Broader	difficulty	A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
Spanish	estrés, tensión
Catalan	tensió
Verbs	stress	test the limits of

English > *stress*: 8 senses > noun 5, phenomenon
Meaning	(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body.
Example	"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"
Category	physics, natural philosophy	The science of matter and energy and their interactions
Narrower	breaking point	The degree of tension or stress at which something breaks / breaks / breaks / breaks / breaks
Narrower	tension	(physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body
Broader	force	(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Spanish	tensión
Catalan	tensió

English > *stress*: 8 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	To stress, single out as important.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonyms	emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
Narrower	background, play down, downplay	understate the importance or quality of
	bear down	pay special attention to
	bring out, set off	direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
	drive home, ram home, press home	make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
	point up	emphasize, especially by identification
	re-emphasise, re-emphasize	emphasize anew
	topicalize	emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
	underscore, underline, emphasize, emphasise	Give extra weight to (a communication)
Broader	express, show, evince	Give expression / expression to
Spanish	acentuar, enfatizar, puntuar, recalcar, remarcar, resaltar, subrayar
Catalan	accentuar, emfasitzar, emfatitzar, recalcar, remarcar
Nouns	stress	special emphasis attached to something

English > *stress*: 8 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	put stress on; utter with an accent.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	accent, accentuate
Broader	pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say	speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
Spanish	acentuar, recalcar, remarcar
Catalan	accentuar, recalcar, remarcar
Nouns	stress	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

English > *stress*: 8 senses > verb 3, emotion
Meaning	Test the limits of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	try, strain
Narrower	rack	stretch to the limits / limits
Broader	afflict	Cause great unhappiness for
Spanish	poner a prueba
Nouns	stress	(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
	stress	difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
	stressor	any agent that causes stress to an organism

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