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to avoid stress

to avoid stress

2 3.2
Stay away from things that make you feel nervous or worried to protect your health
  • phrasal verb
translation icon : evitar el estrés
  • You also avoid stress from traffic, and you can set your own time.

They will really try to avoid stress and stressful situations.

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Examples

  • She found that practicing mindfulness helped her to avoid stress in challenging situations.

  • So the conversation was fun and not too stressful—very appropriate, given that we were talking about how to avoid stress.

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  • We're all looking for ways to avoid stress.

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  • They will really try to avoid stress and stressful situations.

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  • Yoga, meditation, Pilates, or even listening to soft music can help you avoid stress in your daily life.

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  • Nowadays, that responsibility has broadened to include increasing students' resiliency—that is, helping them not just avoid stress but also develop the tools to work through it.

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  • To maintain good health, I try to avoid stress by taking regular breaks during work.

  • By carefully managing his time, he has learned how to avoid stress during busy periods.

Synonyms

to stay away from
vsto avoid stress
384 2.3

Avoid going near people or places for safety

is focused on avoiding anxiety causing situations to protect wellbeing
to eschew
vsto avoid stress
  • Formal
23 8.9

To avoid something on purpose

is focused on avoiding anxiety causing situations to protect health

Antonyms

to face
∞ 2.2

To deal with a difficult situation or person

How Stress-Free

to avoid stress
2 3.2
to stress
286 2.7

Surface Forms

avoid stress infinitive
avoided stress past
avoided stress past participle
avoiding stress present participle
avoids stress third person singular

Morphology

avoid + stress

The meaning 'to deliberately stay away from situations that cause anxiety or tension' is directly and compositionally derived from 'avoid' (to keep away from) + 'stress' (psychological strain). This verb+noun collocation follows standard English composition patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should understand it.

Etymology

The phrase avoid stress uses the simple image of stepping away from pressure: avoid means to move away and stress is like a heavy push or strain. So, it means to stay away from people or situations that cause 'worry' or 'tension'.