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word stress

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word stress
n
(Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation
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Noun1.word stressword stress - the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
word accent
stress, accent, emphasis - the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"


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