(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ a point in a discussion, you put extra emphasis on it because you think it is important.
The spokesman ~ed that the measures did not amount to an overall ban...
They also ~ the need for improved employment opportunities, better transport and health care...
‘We’re not saying we’re outside and above all this,’ he ~es.
= emphasize
VERB: V that, V n, V with quote
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Stress is also a noun.
Japanese car makers are laying ever more ~ on European sales.
= emphasis
N-VAR: N on n
2.
If you feel under ~, you feel worried and tense because of difficulties in your life.
Katy could think clearly when not under ~...
...a wide range of ~-related problems.
N-VAR: oft under N
3.
Stresses are strong physical pressures applied to an object.
Earthquakes happen when ~es in rock are suddenly released as the rocks fracture.
N-VAR
4.
If you ~ a word or part of a word when you say it, you put emphasis on it so that it sounds slightly louder.
‘Sit down,’ she replied, ~ing each word.
VERB: V n
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Stress is also a noun.
...the misplaced ~ on the first syllable of this last word.
N-VAR