I.
noun
1 state of tension
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , extreme , great , high , incredible , intense , severe
▪
Separation is a time of high emotional ~.
▪ acute , chronic
▪ excessive , undue
▪
compensation claims for undue ~ in the workplace
▪ added , greater , heightened , increased
▪ low
▪ daily
▪
the daily ~ of teaching
▪ emotional , mental , psychological , social
▪ post-traumatic
▪
He has suffered post-traumatic ~ since the crash.
▪
treatment for post-traumatic ~ disorder
▪ occupational , work-related
▪ family ( esp. AmE )
▪
The program helps workers with work-related and family ~.
▪ environmental
▪
Different organisms react differently to environmental ~.
▪ economic , financial
▪
The high mortgage payments put them under severe financial ~.
… OF STRESS
▪ level
▪
Many workers experience a high level of ~ in their daily life.
VERB + STRESS
▪ cause , create
▪
A divorce causes children great emotional ~.
▪ avoid , remove
▪ add to , increase
▪ alleviate , decrease , ease , lessen , minimize , reduce , relieve
▪
There are many things an employer can do to ease employees' ~.
▪ be under , endure , experience , have , suffer , suffer from , undergo
▪
He's been under a lot of ~ lately.
▪ cope with , handle , manage , stand , take
▪
He's had to give up his job as leader of the project—he just couldn't take the ~.
STRESS + VERB
▪ bring sth about , bring sth on , cause sth , trigger sth
▪
an illness brought on by ~
STRESS + NOUN
▪ level
▪
high ~ levels
▪ control , management
▪
Staff are encouraged to go on stress-management courses.
▪ response
▪
The release of the stress hormone cortisol is part of the human ~ response.
▪ hormone
▪ reduction , relief
▪ buster ( informal ), reliever (both esp. AmE )
▪
Physical exercise is a great ~ reliever.
PREPOSITION
▪ under ~
▪
He broke under ~ and had to leave.
PHRASES
▪ a source of ~
▪
An overcrowded workplace can be a major source of ~.
▪ a symptom of ~
▪
Tiredness is one of the most common symptoms of ~.
2 emphasis that shows importance
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , great
▪ particular , special
▪ equal
▪ undue
VERB + STRESS
▪ lay , place , put
▪
I must lay great ~ on the need for secrecy.
PREPOSITION
▪ with the ~ on
▪
a study of child development, with the ~ on acquisition of social skills
▪ ~ on
▪
There's been a lot of ~ on getting drug sellers off the streets.
3 emphasis on a word, syllable, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ main , major , primary , strong
▪ secondary , weak
▪ sentence , word
VERB + STRESS
▪ carry , have , take
▪
Italian words usually have the main ~ on the penultimate syllable in the word.
▪
The first syllable takes the ~.
▪ place , put
▪ mark
▪
Mark the primary ~ in each word.
STRESS + VERB
▪ fall , go
▪
Where does the ~ fall in ‘psychological’?
STRESS + NOUN
▪ pattern
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
There's a ~ on the second syllable.
4 physical force
ADJECTIVE
▪ enormous , high
▪ low
▪ constant
▪ equal
▪
There is equal ~ on all parts of the structure.
▪ undue
▪
Avoid exercise that puts undue ~ on the knees.
▪ mechanical
▪
The majority of sports injuries are due to excessive mechanical ~ on joints, ligaments and muscles.
VERB + STRESS
▪ exert , set up
▪
The tower exerts an enormous ~ on the walls.
▪
The movements set up ~es in the earth's crust.
▪ apply , put , subject sth to
▪
Stress is applied to the wood to make it bend.
▪
Standing all day puts ~ on your feet.
▪
The buttresses are subjected to constant ~.
▪ bear , take , withstand
▪ increase , reduce
▪ transfer , transmit
▪ calculate
▪
Engineers calculated the ~es borne by each of the bridge supports.
STRESS + NOUN
▪ fracture
▪
He was diagnosed with a ~ fracture in his right foot.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
Cycling puts very little ~ on the joints.
▪ under ~
▪
Some woods warp under ~.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ heavily , strongly
▪
He ~ed the point very strongly that all these services cost money.
▪ constantly , continually , repeatedly
▪
She has constantly ~ed the government's poor record in this area.
▪ rightly
▪
Doctors have rightly ~ed the importance of exercise.
VERB + STRESS
▪ must
▪
I must ~ that we still know very little about this disease.
▪ tend to
▪
Private schools tend to ~ the more academic subjects.
▪ be anxious to , be at pains to ( esp. BrE ), be careful to , be keen to ( BrE ), take pains to
▪
She is at pains to ~ the cultural differences between the two countries.
PHRASES
▪ I can't ~ enough , it can't be ~ed enough
▪
I can't ~ enough that security is of the highest importance.
▪ be important to ~ sth , be worth ~ing sth
▪
It is worth ~ing that this was only a relatively small survey.
Stress is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ report
Stress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ belief , ↑ continuity , ↑ difference , ↑ importance , ↑ necessity , ↑ need , ↑ point , ↑ role , ↑ syllable , ↑ urgency , ↑ word