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How to pronounce “stress”

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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of stress with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Stressed? “Just Relax” Isn't the AnswerWe've called today's event the stress
Definition summary: (biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.

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Stressed? “Just Relax” Isn't the Answer

We've called today's event the stress

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Meaning

[Noun]
(biology) A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
(biology) Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
(countable, 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.
(countable, physics) Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
(uncountable) Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
(countable, phonetics, loosely) A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
(countable, phonetics, strictly) The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
(uncountable) Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
Obsolete form of distress.
(Scots law) distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
[Verb]
(transitive) To apply force to (a body or structure) causing strain.
(transitive) To apply emotional pressure to (a person or animal).
(intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
(transitive) To emphasise (a syllable of a word).
(transitive) To emphasise (words in speaking).
(transitive) To emphasise (a point) in an argument or discussion.

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How to pronounce “stress”

Pronunciation guide for stress

How to pronounce stress

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We've called today's event the stress

stress where stress really comes from

I'm going to talk a little about stress and heart disease and stress and women and heart

if you've experienced relatively little stress.

Dr. Stanley, much of your book focuses on stress and trauma.

In the West, we are dealing with all kinds of stress,

chronic psychological stress measured in

this the stress response.

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