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stress
1. n. (Psychol) Stress, surmenage.
Stress is emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Le stress est de la pression émotionnelle endurée par un être humain ou un autre animal.
Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
Vas-y doucement avec lui, il est en gros surmenage dernièrement.
2. n. (Ling) Accent, accent tonique.
Stress is the emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
L'accent tonique est l'accentuation placée sur la syllabe d'un mot.
Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
Certaines personnes mettent l'accent sur la première syllabe de « (Lang;controversy) » ; d'autres le mettent sur la deuxième.
3. n. (Mécanique) (Physique) Contrainte.
Stress is externally applied to a body which causes internal stress and strain within the body.
Une contrainte est appliquée extérieurement à un corps ce qui cause du stress interne et une pression à l'intérieur du corps.
4. v. (Mécanique) (Physique) Créer une contrainte mécanique. Appliquer de la force à (un corps ou une structure) causant de la pression.
5. v. (Ling) Accentuer, souligner.
To stress a syllable of a word.
Accentuer sur une syllabe d'un mot.
Emphasis is stressed on the first syllable, but emphatic is stressed on the second.
(Lang;Emphasis) est accentué sur la première syllabe, mais (Lang;emphatic) est accentué sur la deuxième.
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stress
1. n. (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
2. n. (biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
3. n. (physics) The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
4. n. (physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
5. n. Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
Go easy on him, he's been under a lot of stress lately.
6. n. (phonetics) The emphasis placed on a syllable of a word.
Some people put the stress on the first syllable of “controversy”; others put it on the second.
7. n. Emphasis placed on words in speaking.
8. n. Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
9. n. obsolete form of distress
10. n. (Scotland, legal) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
11. v. To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
12. v. To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
13. v. (informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
14. v. To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
“Emphasis” is stressed on the first syllable, but “emphatic” is stressed on the second.
15. v. To emphasise (words in speaking).
16. v. To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.
I must stress that this information is given in strict confidence.

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Exemples de phrases

Young children can be under enormous stress when their parents break up, and often blame themselves for the failure of the marriage.      Les jeunes enfants peuvent être soumis à un stress énorme lorsque leurs parents se séparent, et se sentent souvent coupables de l'échec du mariage. Reality is the leading cause of stress.      La cause majeure du stress est la réalité. I don't need this kind of stress.      Je n'ai pas besoin de ce genre d'épreuve. Since women are taking on more responsibilities at work and in the community, it is said that the number of women with stress from both child-rearing and work is increasing.      Puisque les femmes prennent plus de responsabilités au travail et dans la communauté, il est dit que le nombre de femmes souffrant de stress dû à la fois à l'éducation des enfants et au travail augmente. This is a very low-stress job.      C'est un travail de très faible contrainte.

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