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stressing


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  stress 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  stress 
 
  Sense  1 
  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
  =>  background,  play  down 
  =>  bring  out  set  off 
  =>  re-emphasise,  re-emphasize 
  =>  bear  down 
  =>  point  up 
  =>  drive  home,  ram  home,  press  home 
  =>  underscore,  underline,  emphasize,  emphasise 
 
  Sense  3 
  try  strain,  stress 
  =>  rack 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  stress 
 
  2  of  3  senses  of  stress 
 
  Sense  1 
  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
  =>  background,  play  down 
  =>  wave  off 
  =>  soft-pedal 
  =>  bring  out  set  off 
  =>  pick  up 
  =>  foreground,  highlight,  spotlight,  play  up 
  =>  raise 
  =>  re-emphasise,  re-emphasize 
  =>  bear  down 
  =>  point  up 
  =>  drive  home,  ram  home,  press  home 
  =>  underscore,  underline,  emphasize,  emphasise 
 
  Sense  3 
  try  strain,  stress 
  =>  rack 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  stress 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  stress 
 
  3  senses  of  stress 
 
  Sense  1 
  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
  =>  express,  show  evince 
 
  Sense  2 
  stress,  accent 
  =>  pronounce,  articulate,  enounce,  sound  out  enunciate,  say 
 
  Sense  3 
  try  strain,  stress 
  =>  afflict 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  stress 
 
  stress  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  stress 
 
  Sense  1 
  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate 
  =>  express,  show  evince 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  stress,  accent 
  =>  pronounce,  articulate,  enounce,  sound  out  enunciate,  say 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  try  strain,  stress 
  =>  afflict 
  -------------- 
 
  Overview  of  verb  stress 
 
  The  verb  stress  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (30)  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate  --  (to  stress,  single  out  as  important:  "Dr.  Jones  emphasizes  exercise  in  addition  to  a  change  in  diet.") 
  2.  (4)  stress,  accent  --  (put  stress  on  utter  with  an  accent) 
  3.  try  strain,  stress  --  (test  the  limits  of  "You  are  trying  my  patience!") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  stressing 
  distressing 
 
  Overview  of  verb  stress 
 
  The  verb  stress  has  3  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (30)  stress,  emphasize,  emphasise,  punctuate,  accent,  accentuate  --  (to  stress,  single  out  as  important:  "Dr.  Jones  emphasizes  exercise  in  addition  to  a  change  in  diet.") 
  2.  (4)  stress,  accent  --  (put  stress  on  utter  with  an  accent) 
  3.  try  strain,  stress  --  (test  the  limits  of  "You  are  trying  my  patience!")