word stress

noun

the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.

word stress

noun

the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation

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Word History and Origins

Origin of word stress¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

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“Stress still remains one of those terms people throw around and maybe not everyone is meaning the same thing when they use the word stress,” Gupta told the Guardian.

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“It’s a cop out if you just dump this on the word stress,” McEwen says.

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The program’s software is customized for each person, “so we can assess your English in terms of your speech, word stress, fluency, grammar and pronunciation,” he said.

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“It’s a cop out if you just dump this on the word stress.”

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words to that effect Wordsworth

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