"stress" meaning in All languages combined

See stress on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /strɛs/ Audio: en-us-stress.ogg [US] Forms: stress [singular], stresses [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|stress|stresses}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Stress is emotional pressure that makes you worry because things are not going well.
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-noun-br6LuZfT
  2. Stress is physical pressure that gradually can cause things to break
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-noun-PYlU5yPV
  3. Stress is extra attention or importance that you put on something.
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-noun-rzJ2Z-v6
  4. Stress is extra loudness that you use in a word or in music.
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-noun-eCl-AFyE

Verb [English]

IPA: /strɛs/ Audio: en-us-stress.ogg [US] Forms: stress [canonical], stresses [third-person, singular], stressed [past], stressed [past, participle], stressing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|stress|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you stress something, you say that it is very important.
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-verb-tRXErYth
  2. If you stress a word, part of a word, or a note in music, you make it louder than other words or notes.
    Sense id: simple-stress-en-verb-BRRRH9dz
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          "text": "Psychology has put a lot of stress on the childhood roots of adult problems."
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