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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" |
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emphasis,
accent |
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prosody,
inflection the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
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accentuation the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance
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pitch accent,
tonic accent emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
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word accent,
word stress the distribution of stresses within a polysyllabic word
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sentence stress the distribution of stresses within a sentence
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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" |
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force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
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natural philosophy,
physics the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics"
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tension the action of stretching something tight; "tension holds the belt in the pulleys"
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breaking point the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks
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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 |
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strain |
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difficulty the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"
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stress - special emphasis attached to something; "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed" |
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focus |
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emphasis,
accent special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
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stress - to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet" |
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emphasize,
emphasise,
punctuate,
accent,
accentuate |
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evince,
express,
show articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
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background,
play down,
downplay understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
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set off,
bring out set in motion or cause to begin; "The guide set the tour off to a good start"
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re-emphasise,
re-emphasize emphasize anew; "The director re-emphasized the need for greater productivity"
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bear down exert a force or cause a strain upon; "This tax bears down on the lower middle class"
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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'"
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point up emphasize, especially by identification; "This novel points up the racial problems in England"
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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"
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emphasise,
emphasize,
underline,
underscore draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
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stress - put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word" |
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accent,
accentuate |
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enounce,
enunciate,
pronounce,
sound out,
articulate,
say pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here"
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