STRESS

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NOUN
  • Definition - (Cause of) discomfort.
  • Definition - Serious danger.
  • Definition - An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
  • Definition - A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
  • Definition - The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
NOUN
  • Definition - A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
  • Definition - Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
  • Definition - The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
  • Definition - Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
  • Definition - Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
  • Example - Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
  • Definition - The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
VERB
  • Definition - To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
  • Example - Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
  • Definition - To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
  • Example - “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
  • Definition - To emphasise (words in speaking).
  • Example - “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
  • Definition - To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
  • Example - I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
Words in your word
6 Letter Words
stress 6
5 Letter Words
rests 5 tress 5
4 Letter Words
erst 4 ests 4 rest 4 rets 4 sers 4 sets 4 tres 4
3 Letter Words
ers 3 ess 3 est 3 res 3 ret 3 ser 3 set 3 tes 3
2 Letter Words
er 2 es 2 et 2 re 2 te 2
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