Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

  3. (countable)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.

    Spannung

    напряже́ниеnaprjažénije, нажи́мnažím, уси́лиеusílije

    на́тискnátysk

    (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

  4. (countable)Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

  5. (uncountable)Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.

    Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.

    Stress

    стрессstrɛss, стрессstress, напряже́ниеnaprjažénije

    стресstres

  6. (broadly, countable)A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.

    lexical stress

    phrase stress, prosodic stress

  7. (countable)The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.

  8. (uncountable)Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).

    Betonung

    акце́нтakcént, ударе́ниеudarénije

    на́голосnáholos

  9. (countable, uncountable)Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

Examples

506 sentences
  1. Tom stressed his position hadn't changed.

    Том наголосив на Тому, що його позиція не змінилася.

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  2. She is unable to cope with stress.

    Вона не може вправитися зі стресом.

    ruОна не может справиться со стрессом.

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  3. Tom stressed that his position hadn't changed.

    Том наголосив на Тому, що його позиція не змінилася.

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  4. I'm always under stress.

    Я завжди у стані стресу.

    ruЯ всегда в состоянии стресса.

    deIch bin immer im Stresszustand.

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  5. I can't cope with the stress.

    Я не вмію долати стрес.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
(physics) internal force across a boundary per area:
emotional pressure:
on a point in an argument:
Русский
By meaning 3
(physics) internal force across a boundary per area:
emotional pressure:
on a point in an argument:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
(physics) internal force across a boundary per area:
emotional pressure:
on a point in an argument:

Origin

From a shortening of Middle English destresse, borrowed from Old French destrecier, from L

From a shortening of Middle English destresse, borrowed from Old French destrecier, from Latin distringō (“to stretch out”). This form probably coalesced with Middle English stresse, from Old French estrece (“narrowness”), from Vulgar Latin *strictia, from Latin strictus (“narrow”). Displaced native Old English swēġ (“accent, stress”), though strictly in the grammatical sense.

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Forms

plural: stresses
Singularstress
Pluralstresses

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch):emphasisaccent
  • difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension:strain
  • special emphasis attached to something:focus
  • (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense:tensiontenseness

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

68 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • deal with stress
  • lot of stress
  • seems stressed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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