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stress
noun (stresses )
1 physical or mental overexertion.
2 a pressure of adverse influences, circumstance, etc that disturbs the natural physiological balance of the body the stress of teaching ;
b the condition that can result from being under this kind of pressure which manifests in physical, mental, emotional, etc disturbance six weeks off work suffering from stress .
3 importance, emphasis or weight laid on or attached to something The stress was on speed not quality .
4 the comparatively greater amount of force that is used in the pronunciation of a particular syllable .
5 physics the force that is exerted per unit area on a body causing it to change its dimensions.
verb (stresses , stressed , stressing )
1 to emphasize or attach importance to something.
2 to pronounce (a sound, word, etc) with emphasis.
3 to subject to mental or physical stress.
4 intr , colloq to experience stress or anxiety.
[14c: shortened form of distress]
stressful adjective .
stressfully adverb .
stressless adjective .
stressor noun .
stress someone out to put them under severe mental, emotional, etc pressure The job really stresses her out . See also stressed-out.
noun (stresses )
1 physical or mental overexertion.
2 a pressure of adverse influences, circumstance, etc that disturbs the natural physiological balance of the body the stress of teaching ;
b the condition that can result from being under this kind of pressure which manifests in physical, mental, emotional, etc disturbance six weeks off work suffering from stress .
3 importance, emphasis or weight laid on or attached to something The stress was on speed not quality .
4 the comparatively greater amount of force that is used in the pronunciation of a particular syllable .
5 physics the force that is exerted per unit area on a body causing it to change its dimensions.
verb (stresses , stressed , stressing )
1 to emphasize or attach importance to something.
2 to pronounce (a sound, word, etc) with emphasis.
3 to subject to mental or physical stress.
4 intr , colloq to experience stress or anxiety.
[14c: shortened form of distress]
stressful adjective .
stressfully adverb .
stressless adjective .
stressor noun .
stress someone out to put them under severe mental, emotional, etc pressure The job really stresses her out . See also stressed-out.
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