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List of meaning for stress

to place emphasis or importance on

stress, emphasis, accent(noun)

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

tension, tenseness, stress(noun)

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

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

stress, focus(noun)

special emphasis attached to something

"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

stress, strain(noun)

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

stress(verb)

(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate(verb)

to stress, single out as important

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

stress, accent, accentuate(verb)

put stress on; utter with an accent

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

try, strain, stress(verb)

test the limits of

"You are trying my patience!"

the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time

with a full-time job and her college courses, the young woman is under a lot of stress right now

a special notice or importance given to something

the company's orientation program places considerable stress on workplace safety

to experience concern or anxiety

the restaurant manager has a tendency to stress about every little thing that goes wrong

to make more apparent

his bad performance only stressed what I'd been saying all along

to indicate the importance of by centering attention on

the doctor stressed the importance of exercise

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