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Stress

/stɹɛs/

(Cause of) discomfort.

📖 Definitions of "Stress"

noun
  1. 1

    (Cause of) discomfort.

  2. 2

    Serious danger.

  3. 3

    An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.

  4. 4

    A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.

noun
  1. 1

    A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

  2. 2

    Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.

  3. 3

    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.

  4. 4

    Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.

verb
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.

  4. 4

    To emphasise (a syllable of a word).

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

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