(n): the patterns of stress and intonation in a language
(n): (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
(n): (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress
(n): special emphasis attached to something
(n): special importance or significance
(n): difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
(n): a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome
(n): (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
(n): (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
(v): to stress, single out as important
(v): give expression to
(v): put stress on; utter with an accent
(v): speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
(v): test the limits of
(v): cause great unhappiness for; distress
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