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🔄 Repeated pressure 🔁 To emphasize again
to restress

to restress

7.4
To put pressure on something again or to say something more strongly
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈstrɛs/
translation icon : reafirmar
  • The coach asked the speaker to restress the key points during the presentation.

Examples

  • Engineers decided to restress the bridge supports to ensure safety after the inspection.

  • The teacher restressed the importance of homework.

  • If you restress the first syllable, the word sounds completely different.

  • Please restress the main points in your presentation.

  • The speaker chose to restress the importance of teamwork during her presentation.

  • To ensure his point was clear, the teacher decided to restress the key concepts before the exam.

  • In her essay, she felt it necessary to restress her main argument to convince the readers.

Synonyms

to stress
vsto restress
183 3.1

To give extra attention to a point when speaking or writing

applies emphasis again rather than offering a one-time or initial importance
to reiterate
vsto restress
100 5.9

To say something again to make it clear

applies emphasis again including physical materials, not only speech or writing
to reaffirm
vsto restress
55 4.4

To say again clearly that something is still true or important

applies emphasis again rather than primarily to confirm ongoing truth
to restate
vsto restress
23 3.4

To say something again in a different, clearer way

applies emphasis again rather than merely changing the wording
to reassert
vsto restress
22 5.1

To say something again more strongly

applies emphasis again but with less aim to increase forcefulness
to re-emphasize
vsto restress
4.2

To say something again to show it is important

applies emphasis again across speech, writing, or physical materials

Antonyms

to deemphasize
  • US
2 5.9

Make an idea or topic seem less important

How Intense

to underscore
30 4.3
to emphasize
  • US
397 3.7
to restress
7.4
to stress
183 3.1
to mention
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

restress infinitive
restressed past
restressed past participle
restressing present participle
restresses third person singular

Morphology

restress = stress (transparent) = re + stress

The verb means 'apply stress or emphasis again', which is a regular and easily interpretable use of 're-' with 'stress'.

Etymology

Restress as a verb comes from re- 'again' and stress 'to press or to give emphasis'. So to restress is to apply pressure again or to say something with extra emphasis once more, like tightening a bolt or repeating a key point.