stress
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English destresse, from Old French, from Latin stringere (“to draw tight”).[1]
In the sense of "mental strain" or “disruption”, used occasionally in the 1920s and 1930s by psychologists, including Walter Cannon (1934); in “biological threat”, used by endocrinologist Hans Selye, by metaphor with stress in physics (force on an object) in the 1930s, and popularized by same in the 1950s.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
stress (countable and uncountable; plural stresses)
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ
- (countable, physics) externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
- (uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
- Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
force
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emotional pressure
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on a syllable
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when speaking
on a point in an argument
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Verb [edit]
stress (third-person singular simple present stresses, present participle stressing, simple past and past participle stressed)
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- (informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
Synonyms [edit]
- (phonetics): emphasise/emphasize
- (on words in speaking): emphasise/emphasize
- (on a point): emphasise/emphasize, underline
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to apply force to, causing strain
to apply emotional pressure to
to emphasise (a syllable)
to emphasise (words in speaking)
to emphasise (a point)
References [edit]
- ^ Keil, R.M.K. (2004) Coping and stress: a conceptual analysis Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(6), 659–665
Related terms [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English stress.
Noun [edit]
stress c and n (singular definite stressen or stresset, not used in plural)
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Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
stress m (uncountable)
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English stress
Noun [edit]
stress m (usually uncountable)
- stress (emotional pressure)
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Icelandic [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
stress n (genitive singular stress, uncountable)
Declension [edit]
declension of stress
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Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
English
Noun [edit]
stress m (invariable)
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