destress

stress

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Transcription

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

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

Definitions of destress word

noun destress importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth. 1
noun destress 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 destress Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat. 1
noun destress emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat. 1
noun destress the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain. 1
noun destress Mechanics. the action on a body of any system of balanced forces whereby strain or deformation results. the amount of stress, usually measured in pounds per square inch or in pascals. a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain. the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it. the ratio of force to area. See also strain1 (def 23), shear (def 19), torsion (def 3). 1

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Origin of destress

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 Destress

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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destress 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.

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Antonyms for destress

verb destress

accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.

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