stress
A2Academic AWL-4Frequent NGSL-2UK /stres/US /stres/
Meaning
noun
pressure or worry caused by problems in somebody’s life or by having too much to do
“emotional/mental stress”
verb
to give extra force to a word or syllable when saying it
“You stress the first syllable in ‘happiness’.”
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