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From Middle English destresse, from Old French, from Latin stringere (“‘to draw tight’”).[1]
In the sense of “mental strain” or “disruption”, used occasionally in the 1920s and 1930s by psychologists, including Walter Cannon (1934); in “biological threat”, used by endocrinologist Hans Selye, by metaphor with stress in physics (force on an object) in the 1930s, and popularized by same in the 1950s.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular stress |
Plural countable and uncountable; plural stresses |
stress (countable and uncountable; plural stresses)
- (countable, physics) The internal distribution of force per unit area (pressure) within a body reacting to applied forces which causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ
- (countable, physics) externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- (uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
- (uncountable, phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
- Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
- (uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Synonyms
Verb
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Infinitive to stress |
Third person singular stresses |
Simple past stressed |
Past participle stressed |
Present participle stressing |
to stress (third-person singular simple present stresses, present participle stressing, simple past and past participle stressed)
- To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
- To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
- To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
- “Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
- To emphasise (words in speaking).
- To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
- I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.
Synonyms
- (phonetics): emphasise/emphasize
- (on words in speaking): emphasise/emphasize
- (on a point): emphasise/emphasize, underline
Derived terms
- stressed
- stress out
Translations
to apply force to, causing strain
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References
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- ^ Keil, R.M.K. (2004) Coping and stress: a conceptual analysis Journal of Advanced Nursing, 45(6), 659–665
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Noun
stress m. inv.
Dutch
Dutch Wikipedia has an article on: StressNoun
stress m. (no plural, no diminutive)
French
Etymology
From English stress
Noun
stress m (usually uncountable)
- stress (emotional pressure)
Derived terms
- stresser
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