stress
verb/stres/
/stres/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stress | /stres/ /stres/ |
| he / she / it stresses | /ˈstresɪz/ /ˈstresɪz/ |
| past simple stressed | /strest/ /strest/ |
| past participle stressed | /strest/ /strest/ |
| -ing form stressing | /ˈstresɪŋ/ /ˈstresɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] stress something to give extra force to a word or syllable when saying it
- You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.
- They might (and I stress the word 'might') do the right thing the next time.
Synonyms stressstressemphasizeThese words both mean to give extra force to a syllable, word or phrase when you are saying it.stress to give extra force to a word or syllable when saying it:Topics Languagea2- You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.
- ‘Let nothing … nothing,’ he emphasized the word, ‘tempt you.’
- [transitive] to emphasize a fact, an idea, etc.
- stress something He stressed the importance of a good education.
- She stressed the need for cooperation with the authorities.
- She is at pains to stress the cultural differences between the two countries.
- stress that… I must stress that everything I've told you is strictly confidential.
- I can't stress enough that security is of the highest importance.
- + speech ‘There is,’ Johnson stressed, ‘no real alternative.’
- it is stressed that… It must be stressed that this disease is very rare.
- stress how, what, etc. I cannot stress too much how important this is.
Extra Examples- Doctors have rightly stressed the importance of exercise.
- He stressed the point very strongly that all these services cost money.
- I must stress that we still know very little about this disease.
- It is worth stressing that this was only a relatively small survey.
- Private schools tend to stress the more academic subjects.
- She has constantly stressed the government's poor record in this area.
- I want to stress how important this work is.
- Observers stressed the necessity for the ceasefire to be observed.
- He was keen to stress the importance of physical exercise.
- Health officials have repeatedly stressed that the virus appears to be relatively mild.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- heavily
- strongly
- constantly
- …
- must
- tend to
- be anxious to
- …
- I can’t stress enough
- it can’t be stressed enough
- be important to stress something
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to become or make somebody become too anxious or tired to be able to relax
- I just need to get some sleep and stop stressing.
- stress out I try not to stress out when things go wrong.
- stress somebody (out) Driving in cities really stresses me (out).
word/syllable
emphasize
worry
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting hardship or force exerted on a person for the purpose of compulsion): shortening of distress, or partly from Old French estresse ‘narrowness, oppression’, based on Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’, past participle of stringere ‘tighten, draw tight’.
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