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Definition of Stress
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Stress
To subject to phonetic stress; to accent. To place emphasis on; to make emphatic; emphasize. Distress. Pressure, strain; -- used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance. The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress. Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35. Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained. To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties. To subject to stress, pressure, or strain. Related Definitions:
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Stress Quotations
Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started. David Allen I think it is fair to say that it is under a great deal of stress, and if I am asking for significant changes, it is because the world is going through significant changes. Mohamed ElBaradei The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. Britney Spears On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up. Terry Brooks |
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Stress Translations
stress in Afrikaans is beklemtoon stress in Danish is betoning stress in Dutch is accentueren, beklemtonen stress in French is balisage, souligner, accent, accentuer stress in German is Beanspruchung, belasten, Belastung, betonen stress in Italian is accentuare, accento |
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