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stresses

stress
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stres]
    • /strɛs/
    • /stres/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stres]
    • /strɛs/

Definitions of stresses word

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

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 Stresses

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Stresses

stresses 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

stresses usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for stresses

noun stresses

  • accents — Plural form of accent.
  • aggravations — Plural form of aggravation.
  • alarms — Plural form of alarm.
  • beats — Plural form of beat.
  • cares — a private organization for the collection of funds, goods, etc., for distribution to the needy in foreign countries.

verb stresses

  • harries — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of harry.
  • impresses — Plural form of impress.
  • racks — Plural form of rack.
All 19 Synonyms of stresses

Related words

  • ominous

    portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.

  • painstaking

    taking or characterized by taking pains or trouble; expending or showing diligent care and effort; careful: a painstaking craftsman; painstaking research.

  • plastic flow

    deformation of a material that remains rigid under stresses of less than a certain intensity but that behaves under severer stresses approximately as a Newtonian fluid.

  • accentual

    of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic

  • arch

    An arch is a structure that is curved at the top and is supported on either side by a pillar, post, or wall.

  • colony collapse disorder

    a pathological condition affecting a large number of honeybee colonies, in which various stresses may lead to the abrupt disappearance of worker bees from the hive, leaving only the queen and newly hatched bees behind and thus causing the colony to stop functioning. Abbreviation: CCD.
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