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stress

Noun

The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch) (synset 107099567)
"he put the stress on the wrong syllable"

is a type of: inflection, prosody - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
subtypes:
- accentuation - the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
- pitch accent, tonic accent - emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
- word accent, word stress - the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
- sentence stress - the distribution of stresses within a sentence
same as: accent, emphasis
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense (synset 114399593)
"he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"

referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life

is a type of: mental strain, nervous strain, strain - (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
subtypes:
- yips - nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
- breaking point - (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
same as: tenseness, tension
Special emphasis attached to something (synset 114458653)
"the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"

is a type of: accent, emphasis - special importance or significance

same as: focus
Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension (synset 114433493)
"she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"

is a type of: difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome

same as: strain
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body (synset 111535238)
"the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions

is a type of: force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
subtypes:
- tension - (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body
- breaking point - the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks

Verb

To stress, single out as important (synset 201015376)
"Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"

is a type of: evince, express, show - give expression to
subtypes:
- background, downplay, play down - understate the importance or quality of
- bring out, set off - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast
- re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew
- bear down - pay special attention to
- topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence
- point up - emphasize, especially by identification
- drive home, press home, ram home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something
- emphasise, emphasize, underline, underscore - give extra weight to (a communication)
same as: accent, accentuate, emphasise, emphasize, punctuate
Put stress on;
Utter with an accent (synset 200985365)
"In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"

is a type of: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out - speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

same as: accent, accentuate
Test the limits of (synset 201802463)
"You are trying my patience!"

is a type of: afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress

subtypes: rack - stretch to the limits

same as: strain, try

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