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Overview of verb stress

The verb stress has 3 senses


  • stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate -- (to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet")

  • stress, accent, accentuate -- (put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word")

  • try, strain, stress -- (test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!")


Overview of adj stressed

The adj stressed has 2 senses


  • stressed, distressed -- (suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing")

  • stressed, accented -- (bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'")