What is the meaning of stress?

noun

• The relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch. )
  • usage: "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
  • synonyms: emphasis, accent
• Psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. (
  • usage: "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
  • synonyms: tension, tenseness
• Special emphasis attached to something.
  • usage: "the stress was more on accuracy than on speed"
  • synonyms: focus
• Difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension."she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger- R. J. Samuelson
  • synonyms: strain
• Physics) force that produces strain on a physical body. (
  • usage: "the intensity of stress is expressed in units of force divided by units of area"

verb

• To stress, single out as important.
  • usage: "Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet"
  • synonyms: emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
• Put stress on; utter with an accent.
  • usage: "In Farsi, you accent the last syllable of each word"
  • synonyms: accent, accentuate
• Test the limits of.
  • usage: "You are trying my patience"
  • synonyms: try, strain