stress

/stres/ verb

Definition

EMPHASIZE [T] › to emphasize something in order to show that it is important: [+ (that)] I stressed that this was our policy.

WORRY [I] US informal › to be worried: Stop stressing about tonight - it'll be fine.

(Definition of stress verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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