antistress

stress

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stres]
- /strɛs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stres]
- /strɛs/

Definitions of antistress word

adjective antistress acting to prevent or reduce stress 3
noun antistress importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth. 1
noun antistress Phonetics. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of special effort in utterance. 1
noun antistress Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat. 1
noun antistress emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat. 1
noun antistress the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain. 1

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Origin of antistress

First appearance:

before 1275

One of the 13% oldest English words

1275-1325; (noun) Middle English stresse, aphetic variant of distresse distress; (v.) derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Antistress

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Antistress

antistress popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

antistress usage trend in Literature

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