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stress

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stress

(biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
(biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
(countable, physics) 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.
(countable, physics) Force 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).
Obsolete form of distress#English|distress.
(Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.

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stress (stresses, present participle stressing; past and past participle stressed)

To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
(informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
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.

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