destressed

stress

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Transcription

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

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

Definitions of destressed word

noun destressed importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth. 1
noun destressed 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 destressed Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat. 1
noun destressed emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat. 1
noun destressed the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain. 1
noun destressed 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 destressed

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 Destressed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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destressed 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 67% 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.

destressed usage trend in Literature

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