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stress | American Dictionary

stress
noun
us/stres/

stressnoun (WORRY)

[ C/U ]
worry caused by a difficult situation, or something that causes this condition:
[ U ]Luis is under a lot of stress right now.
[ C ]It’s hard to cope with the stresses of raising a family.

stressnoun (FORCE)

[ C/U ]
a force that tends to change the shape or strength of an object:
[ U ]If a metal object experiences constant stress, it may bend or break.

stressnoun (PRONOUNCING WORD)

[ C/U ] English
the pronouncing of a word or syllable with greater force than other words in the same sentence or other syllables in the same word:
[ C ]The main stress in the word "command" is on the second syllable.

stressnoun (IMPORTANCE)

[ U ]
special importance or emphasis that is given to something:
There’s constant stress on status in this community.

stressful

adjectiveus/ˈstres·fəl/
Working in the emergency room of a major hospital is highly stressful work.
stress
verb[ T ]
us/stres/

stressverb[T] (GIVE IMPORTANCE)

to give special importance or emphasis to something:
I’d like to stress the differences between our opinions.

stressverb[T] (PRONOUNCE)

English
to pronounce a word or syllable with greater force than other words in the same sentence or other syllables in the same word:
In the word "engine," you should stress the first syllable.

stress | Business English

stress
noun
uk /stres/us
[ C or U ]
a feeling of worry and unhappiness because you have too much work or too many problems to deal with:
Successful managers need to be able to make tough decisions under stress.
She was off work for four weeks with a stress-related illness.
More women are now working full-time, with all the stresses and strains that brings.
Workplace culture is an important factor in levels of stress.
stress management/reduction
work/workplace/occupational stress
cope with/deal with/handle stressFirms need to find ways of helping executives deal with stress.
experience/suffer from stressAccording to the survey, over half a million workers believed they suffered from stress.
reduce/relieve/ease stressFlexible work policies can reduce stress.
be under stressPeople who are under stress are more likely to have accidents at work.
cause (sb) stressDelays in payment cause stress and financial hardship.
a cause/source of stressWork is the third most frequent cause of stress.
take the stress out of sthSatellite-navigation systems take the stress out of driving.
[ C or U ]
problems caused by a difficult situation:
financial/fiscal stress
be under stressMany of our businesses are under stress right now because of the slow economy.
stress(es) on sthDisappointing figures have once again highlighted stresses on the public finances.
place/put/reduce stress on sthA new transmission line would reduce stress on electricity systems across the mid-Atlantic region.
 place/lay/put stress on sth
if an official speech or report places, lays, or puts stress on something, it emphasizes it:
We should develop a more dynamic conception of equality, placing more stress on opportunity.
stress
verb
uk /stres/us
[ T ]
to emphasize something:
We want to stress how careful we are when assessing credit risk.
It is important to stress that economic and social cohesion is a political priority of the European Union.
With the growth of the Internet, I cannot stress how important it is for new businesses to act fast in registering trademarks.
The report stressed that by proactively dealing with climate-change issues, companies can earn a voice in planning policy.
stress the importance/needThe group has spent much of its time stressing the need for debt relief for Africa.
be keen/at pains/quick to stressAfter the budget, the Chancellor was keen to stress how the average earner with two children will be better off.
[ I ]informal
to become very worried or unhappy because you have too much work or too many problems to deal with:
Try not to stress too much about things.

Examples of stress

stress
Rather, he stressed that the more people, the greater the energy for socialist revolution and construction.
If the final syllable does not have a long vowel or end in two or more consonants, the initial syllable is stressed.
If there is no such syllable, the syllable with a single coda consonant is stressed.
He had stressed the central question of co-operation and willingness to accept a common responsibility.
What should be stressed is the importance of meritarian criteria in our general thinking about justice.
Opposing trends stressing macrohistory, historical regularities and a larger geographical frame of reference can also be observed.
The magnitudes of the compressive stresses in masonry are very small.
Communality is always stressed, while individuality is seen as a matter for internal expression.
As the diagram shows, there are two different loading conditions but the larger of the resulting stresses may be taken for each condition.
Residents who had been involved in preference relocations stressed the importance of having choices for their initial and subsequent moves into, within and between care-homes.
The surface stresses (tensions) are functions of the local extension ratios, which depend on the global deformation of the membrane.
Experiments with doubly driven film flow, in which gravitational and surface tension gradient stresses are competing, have uncovered some new phenomena.
His decision to exclude secondary stresses (1999: 14), but to include two 'equal' stresses, is very problematic.
While phrases tend to be stressed phrase-finally, compounds tend to be stressed on the first element.
Two points need stressing when explaining coding of this category.
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Collocations withstress

stress

These are words often used in combination with stress.

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abiotic stress
The final two chapters review physiological and biochemical indicators of stress tolerance and breeding approaches to improving abiotic stress tolerance.
acute stress
Randomized controlled evaluation of the effects of cognitive-behavioral stress management on cortisol responses to acutestress in healthy subjects.
added stress
For some families, routine recovery would eliminate the added stress that they are forced to confront when asked to donate the organs of a loved one.
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