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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!")
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