stress
/strɛs/
noun
- A state of mental or emotional worry or tension caused by difficult situations.
- Job stress can affect your physical health.
- She feels a lot of stress before exams.
- Yoga and meditation can help reduce stress.
- Special importance or emphasis given to something.
- The company places great stress on customer service.
- In his speech, he laid stress on the need for teamwork.
- The teacher put a lot of stress on the importance of reading.
- Physical pressure or force applied to an object or material.
- Too much stress on the cable caused it to snap.
- Engineers test how much stress a material can take before breaking.
- The bridge was designed to handle the stress of heavy traffic.
- The emphasis placed on a particular syllable or word when speaking.
- Putting stress on the wrong syllable can change the meaning of a word.
- English learners often struggle with word stress patterns.
- In the word 'record,' the stress falls on the first syllable when it is a noun.
Antonyms
verb
- To give special importance or emphasis to something.
- She stressed the need for honesty in the report.
- The coach stressed the importance of practice.
- I want to stress that everyone must follow the safety rules.
- To cause someone to feel worried or tense.
- Don't stress about the small things.
- He was stressed by the pressure to succeed.
- The constant deadlines stress me out.
- To pronounce a syllable or word with more force.
- She stressed the word 'never' to show she meant it.
- In English, we usually stress the first syllable of two-syllable nouns.
- You should stress the second syllable in the word 'hotel.'
- To put physical pressure or force on something.
- Repeated bending will stress the metal and cause cracks.
- Lifting heavy weights can stress your muscles.
- The earthquake stressed the building's foundation.