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stresses stress

Spelling: [stres]

IPA: /strɛs/

Stresses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in stresses (eersssst).

Definitions for stresses

noun

1. importance attached to a thing: Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
2. Phonetics. emphasis in the form of prominent relative loudness of a syllable or a word as a result of special effort in utterance.
3. Prosody. accent or emphasis on syllables in a metrical pattern; beat.
4. emphasis in melody, rhythm, etc.; beat.
5. the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain.
6. Mechanics. the action on a body of any system of balanced forces whereby strain or deformation results. the amount of stress, usually measured in pounds per square inch or in pascals. a load, force, or system of forces producing a strain. the internal resistance or reaction of an elastic body to the external forces applied to it. the ratio of force to area. See also strain1 (def 23), shear (def 19), torsion (def 3).
7. Physiology. a specific response by the body to a stimulus, as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism.
8. physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension: Synonyms: anxiety, burden, pressure, oppression; effort, exertion, struggle, strain.
9. a situation, occurrence, or factor causing this:
10. Archaic. strong or straining exertion.

verb (used with object)

1. to lay stress on; emphasize.
2. Phonetics. to pronounce (a syllable or a word) with prominent loudness: . Compare accent (def 18).
3. to subject to stress or strain.
4. Mechanics. to subject to stress.

verb (used without object)

1. to experience stress or worry:

Origin of stresses

1275-1325; (noun) Middle English stresse, aphetic variant of distresse distress; (v.) derivative of the noun

Examples for stresses

And throughout her interview, Maynard stresses the importance of her family during this heart-wrenching time.

Or rather, we may say, Nicolai stresses the influence of Kant's dualism of the reasons.

Fink stresses the need for Nigeria to train and deploy women into more prominent law enforcement roles.

Let the intervals and stresses be slowly and distinctly given.

Or again she would revive all the stresses before our marriage.

Then something happens so that the strains and stresses of the crust are released.

We give you the job of figuring out the stresses and strains involved.

Blaine stresses that he was not called to inspect the rail site.

Starr stresses that universities are required under Title IX to investigate and intervene in sexual assault cases.

In one segment, she stresses how important a good latte is—and "no one does it better than New York."