Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.

    beanspruchen

  2. (transitive)To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).

    stressen

  3. (informal, intransitive)To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

    to suffer from stress

  4. (transitive)To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

    “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.

    betonen

  5. (transitive)To emphasise (words in speaking).

    betonen

  6. (transitive)To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

    I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.

    betonen

Examples

506 sentences

  1. Tom stressed his position hadn't changed.

    Том наголосив на Тому, що його позиція не змінилася. — deniko

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  2. She is unable to cope with stress.

    Вона не може вправитися зі стресом. — deniko

    ruОна не может справиться со стрессом. — odexed

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

    Том наголосив на Тому, що його позиція не змінилася. — deniko

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  4. I'm always under stress.

    Я завжди у стані стресу. — deniko

    ruЯ всегда в состоянии стресса. — Hellerick

    deIch bin immer im Stresszustand. — mhr

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  5. I can't cope with the stress.

    Я не вмію долати стрес. — deniko

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Translations

7 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to apply force to, causing strain:
to apply emotional pressure to:
to emphasise (a syllable):

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

stresses, stressing, stressed, stressed
Base formstress · to stress
3rd person singularstresses
Present participlestressing
Past simplestressed
Past participlestressed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystress
he, she, itstresses

Past simpleLesson

all personsstressed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stressed
he, she, ithas stressed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stress

Synonyms

8 synonyms
on words in speaking:emphasizeB1emphasise
on a point:underlineB1
Close in meaning

Word family

18 related words
RelatedstrainB2straitB2strictA1stringentC2stringencystressor
DerivedstressedB1prestressunstressdestressmisstressoverstressrestressstressabilitystressablestresseestress outunderstress

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
strengthenB1strenuousstrenuouslystreptococcusstressfulB1stretchB1stretcher

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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