STRESS (str s)n. A computer language designed for use in solving structural analysis problems in civil engineering. [str(uctural) e(ngineering) s(ystems) s(olver).] |
| stress (strs) n. 1. Importance, significance, or emphasis placed on something. See Synonyms at emphasis. 2. Linguistics a. The relative force with which a sound or syllable is spoken. b. The emphasis placed on the sound or syllable spoken most forcefully in a word or phrase. 3. a. The relative force of sound or emphasis given a syllable or word in accordance with a metrical pattern. b. A syllable having strong relative emphasis in a metrical pattern. 4. Accent or a mark representing such emphasis or force. 5. Physics a. An applied force or system of forces that tends to strain or deform a body. b. The internal resistance of a body to such an applied force or system of forces. 6. a. A mentally or emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health, usually characterized by increased heart rate, a rise in blood pressure, muscular tension, irritability, and depression. b. A stimulus or circumstance causing such a condition. 7. A state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain: "He presided over the economy during the period of its greatest stress and danger" (Robert J. Samuelson). tr.v. stressed, stress·ing, stress·es Phrasal Verb: 1. To place emphasis on: stressed basic fire safety. 2. To give prominence to (a syllable or word) in pronouncing or in accordance with a metrical pattern. 3. To subject to physical or mental pressure, tension, or strain. 4. To subject to mechanical pressure or force. 5. To construct so as to withstand a specified stress. stress out Informal To subject to or undergo extreme stress, as from working too much. [Middle English stresse, hardship, partly from destresse (from Old French; see distress) and partly from Old French estrece, narrowness, oppression (from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere, to draw tight; see strait).] |
stress
Noun
1. mental, emotional, or physical strain or tension
2. special emphasis or significance
3. emphasis placed upon a syllable by pronouncing it more loudly than those that surround it
4. Physics force producing a change in shape or volume
Verb
1. to give emphasis to (a point or subject): she stressed how difficult it had been
2. to pronounce (a word or syllable) more loudly than those surrounding it [shortened from distress]
stressful adj
| stress (strs) 1. The force per unit area applied to an object. Objects subject to stress tend to become distorted or deformed. Compare strain. See also axial stressshear stress, See more at Hooke's law. 2. a. A physiologic reaction by an organism to an uncomfortable or unfamiliar physical or psychological stimulus. Biological changes result from stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, including a heightened state of alertness, anxiety, increased heart rate, and sweating. b. The stimulus or circumstance causing such a reaction. |
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| Noun | 1. | stress - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable" prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language 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 |
| 2. | stress - (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor" psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life mental strain, nervous strain, strain - (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" yips - nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting" breaking point - (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial | |
| 3. | stress - special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" | |
| 4. | stress - difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson difficulty - a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties" | |
| 5. | stress - (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body; "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area" natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" force - (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity; "force equals mass times acceleration" tension - (physics) a stress that produces an elongation of an elastic physical body; "the direction of maximum tension moves asymptotically toward the direction of the shear" breaking point - the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks | |
| Verb | 1. | stress - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" background, play down, downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry" set off, bring out - direct attention to, as if by means of contrast; "This dress accentuates your nice figure!"; "I set off these words by brackets" re-emphasise, re-emphasize - emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity" bear down - pay special attention to; "The lectures bore down on the political background" topicalize - emphasize by putting heavy stress on or by moving to the front of the sentence; "Speakers topicalize more often than they realize"; "The object of the sentence is topicalized in what linguists call `Yiddish Movement'" point up - emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England" press home, ram home, drive home - make clear by special emphasis and try to convince somebody of something; "drive home a point or an argument"; "I'm trying to drive home these basic ideas" emphasise, underline, underscore, emphasize - give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" |
| 2. | stress - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" | |
| 3. |  stress - test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!"afflict - cause great unhappiness for; distress; "she was afflicted by the death of her parents" rack - stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains" |
stress
verb 1. emphasize, highlight, underline, repeat, draw attention to, dwell on, underscore, accentuate, point up, rub in, harp on, belabour
verb 2. place the emphasis on, emphasize, give emphasis to, place the accent on, lay emphasis upon
Translations
stress [strɛs] n (= force, pressure) → presión f (= mental strain); estrés m; tensión f (= accent, emphasis); énfasis m; acento;
(LING, POETRY) → acento;
to be under stress → estar estresado;
stress [strɛs] n (= force, pressure) → pression f (= mental strain); tension (nerveuse), stress m (= accent); accent m (= emphasis); insistance f
stress [strɛs] n → Druck m;
(Ling) → Betonung f;
vt → betonen;
to be under stress → großen Belastungen ausgesetzt sein, unter Stress stehen
stress [strɛs] n (= force, pressure) → pressione f (= mental strain); tensione f (= accent); accento (= emphasis); enfasi f
vt → insistere su, sottolineare;
to lay great stress on sth → dare grande importanza a qc
n stress [stres]
1 the worry experienced by a person in particular circumstances, or the state of anxiety caused by this the stresses of modern life; Her headaches may be caused by stress. stres, spanning ضَغْط напрежение stres stress; pres der Streß πίεση, άγχος tensión, estrés stress فشار روحي stressi stress מֶתַח भार pritisak, stres stressz tekanan jiwa spenna, stress stress ストレス 긴장, (정신적) 억압, 스트레스 stresas, įtempimas stress; spriedze tekanan spanning stress, (over)belastning napięcie, stres tensão stres напряжение; стресс stres stres stres stress ความตึงเครียด gerilim, stres 緊張 напруження, тиск پریشانی sự căng thẳng 紧张
2 force exerted by (parts of) bodies on each other Bridge-designers have to know about stress. spanning ضَغْط тежест zatížení tryk; belastning die Belastung πίεση, ένταση, τάση tensión koormus, raskusjõud فشار شديد rasitus tension לַחַץ दबाव, दाब tlak, sila igénybevétel tekanan spenna tensione 圧力 장력, 응력 slėgimas spriegums; slodze tegasan spanning spenning naprężenie tensão tensiune давление zaťaženie pritisk napor spänning, tryck, påfrestning การบีบคั้น basınç 應力 тиск جسم پر لگاءی گءی طاقت ứng suất 应力
3 force or emphasis placed, in speaking, on particular syllables or words In the word `widow' we put stress on the first syllable. nadruk تأكيد، تَوْكيد ударение přízvuk, důraz tryk; betoning die Betonung τονισμός, έμφαση énfasis, acento rõhk تاكيد paino accent דָגֵש महत्व važnost, isticanje hangsúly penekanan áhersla accento 強勢 (음성의) 강세, 악센트 kirtis uzsvars memberikan tekanan klemtoon trykk akcent acento accent ударение prízvuk, dôraz naglas naglasak betoning เสียงเน้น vurgu 重音 наголос; акцент تاکید trọng âm 重音
v
to emphasize (a syllable etc, or a fact etc) Should you stress the last syllable in `violin'?; He stressed the necessity of being punctual. benadruk يُؤَكِّد слагам ударение zdůraznit lægge tryk på; lægge vægt på betonen τονίζω enfatizar rõhutama مورد تاكيد قرار دادن painottaa accentuer לְהַדגִיש महत्व देना, जोर देना, बालाघात करना, दाबना naglašavati, isticati što hangsúlyoz menekankan leggja áherslu á; bera fram með áherslu accentuare, sottolineare 強調する ...에 강세를 두다; 강조하다 kirčiuoti, akcentuoti uzsvērt; pasvītrot menekankan beklemtonen legge trykk på, betone, framheve akcentować, podkreślać acentuar a accentua ставить ударение;подчёркивать zdôrazniť poudariti naglasiti betona, framhålla ออกเสียงหนัก vurgulamak 重讀，著重 підкреслювати; ставити наголос زور ڈالنا nhấn mạnh 重读，着重
n stress-mark
a mark used to show where the stress comes in a word etc bookworm; designer. aksent علامَة التَّوْكيد знак за ударение důraz accenttegn das Betonungszeichen τόνος (γραμμ.) tilde rõhumärk علامت تكيه painomerkki accent סִימָן הַטעָמָה बालाघात चिन्ह naglasni znak, naglasak hangsúlyjel tanda petik áherslumerki accento 強勢符号 kirčio ženklas uzsvēruma zīme tanda tekanan klemtoonteken aksent znak akcentu acento accent знак ударения dôraz naglas znak za akcenat accenttecken สัญลักษณ์เน้นคำที่ออกเสียงหนัก vurgu işareti 重音符號 знак наголосу وہ نشان جو یہ ظاہر کرتا ہے کہ لفظ کا کون سا حصہ پر زور طریقے سے بولا جاءے dấu để trỏ trọng âm 重音符号
lay/put stress on
to emphasize (a fact etc) He laid stress on this point. benadruk يَضَع التَّوكيد على наблягам на zdůraznit lægge vægt på Gewicht legen auf τονίζω, δίνω έμφαση enfatizar toonitama تاكيد كردن tähdentää insister sur לְהַדגִיש जोर देना naglasak, naglasni znak hangsúlyoz vmit menekankan leggja áherslu á (porre l'accento su) 強調する 강조하다 pabrėžti uzsvērt; izcelt; pasvītrot menekankan nadruk leggen op de legge vekt på, framheve kłaść nacisk dar ênfase a a insista asupra придавать особое значение zdôrazniť poudariti naglasiti lägga tonvikten på, betona เน้น vurgulamak, üzerinde önemle durmak 把重點放在...上 підкреслювати, надавати особливого значення تاکید کرنا nhấn mạnh 把重点放在...上
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