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stress
English
- 🔊 the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)“he put the stress on the wrong syllable”
- 🔊 (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body“the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area”
- 🔊 difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension“she endured the stresses and strains of life”
- 🔊 special emphasis attached to something“the stress was more on accuracy than on speed”
- 🔊 (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense“he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”
- 🔊 put stress on“In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word”
- 🔊 to stress, single out as important“Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet”
- 🔊 test the limits of“You are trying my patience!”
Spanish
- 🔊 estrés stress
- 🔊 stress stress
- 🔊 estresar to stress
- 🔊 tensión stress, strain
- 🔊 antiestrés stress, antistress
- 🔊 remachar to stress, to emphasize
- 🔊 poner el acento to stress, highlight, underline