stress
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3.2
- noun
- /strɛs/
- When reciting the poem, it is important to place the stress on the word "love" for emotional impact.
- word stress
- primary stress
- lexical stress
Examples
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The word pharma is a trochee, a two-syllable foot with the stress on the first element.
Academic text (2016) -
Syncopated means you're putting the stress and emphasis on a note that's off of the downbeat.
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Three of the three women read the line with stress on "man," whereas both men did not.
Academic text (2016) -
In contrast, in our goal condition, the stress was on the word "goal."
Academic text (2003) -
The voice of the teacher should emphasize appropriate stress, pitch, and juncture.
Academic text (1999) -
Now, note the slight upward stress on the transversals.
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For no good reason, the Hyde Pierce sound-alike had put a tiny extra stress on the word "behind."
Fiction book (2000) -
Listen to the stress.
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Finally, we used English stress patterns rather than syllable-timing for all multisyllabic words.
Academic text (2013) -
Through language-specific readjustment, nonnative speakers can potentially better approximate native-like stress patterns in L2.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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3.5
Extra force on a syllable or musical note to make it stronger
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3.7
Stress that makes a syllable or musical note stronger
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5.3
To give more attention to one part to make it stand out
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6.7
Putting extra stress on one syllable or word when speaking
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3.9
Emphasis on one syllable when you say a word with more than one syllable
1
8.8
A change in high or low voice on a part of a word that changes meaning
The pattern of strong and weak syllables in a word with more than one syllable
Emphasis on a syllable shown by a change to a higher or lower voice
Antonyms
Idioms
22
2.8
People feel very tense and worried because many difficult things are happening
Compounds
- Specialized
18
4.4
A test that checks how something works under pressure or bad conditions
- Specialized
6
4.6
A small crack in a bone caused by doing the same movement again and again
- Specialized
3
4.4
A long-lasting problem in the mind after a very frightening event that causes flashbacks, strong fear, and avoidance of reminders
- Specialized
1
6.2
Leak urine during actions that put pressure on the bladder, like coughing, laughing, or lifting
- Specialized
1
5.1
Force inside a material that acts on each small part because of outside forces
- Specialized
1
3.9
Emphasis on one syllable when you say a word with more than one syllable
- Specialized
1
3.9
Emphasis on some words or syllables in speech that changes rhythm and meaning
- Specialized
1
5.8
A small sign above a syllable that shows which part to say more strongly
How Stressed
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3.2
- Specialized
1
5.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stress comes from the old French estresse 'tightness' and Latin stringere 'to draw tight', keeping the idea of force. So the stress on a syllable is the extra 'force' or loudness that makes it stand out in a word or song.