sentence stress

sen·tence stress

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sen-tns stres]
- /ˈsɛn tns strɛs/
- /ˈsentəns stres/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sen-tns stres]
- /ˈsɛn tns strɛs/

Definitions of sentence stress words

noun sentence stress the stress pattern or patterns associated with words as arranged in sentences in a particular language. 1
noun sentence stress the stress given to a word or words in a sentence, often conveying nuances of meaning or emphasis 0
noun sentence stress the arrangement of stresses on the syllables of the words making up a sentence, varying in distribution as for emphasis, contrast, etc. 0

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Origin of sentence stress

First appearance:

before 1880

One of the 23% newest English words

First recorded in 1880-85

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sentence stress

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sentence stress

sentence stress popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 32% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

sentence stress usage trend in Literature

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