stress
/stres/ nounDefinition
WORRY [C, U] › feelings of worry caused by difficult situations such as problems at work: work-related stress Regular exercise can help reduce stress. She's been under a lot of stress recently.
IMPORTANCE [U] › special importance that you give to something: At school, they laid great stress on academic achievement.
PHYSICAL FORCE [C, U] › physical force on something: Jogging puts a lot of stress on your knee joints.
STRONG PART [U] › when you say one part of a word more strongly: In the word 'blanket', the stress is on the first syllable.
(Definition of stress noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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