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Present participle for to emphasize, stress, or indicate the importance of
“I think it is really important to stress that everyone has the right to speak out and take action.”
Present participle for to cause mental or emotional strain or tension in
“The impending deadline is beginning to stress me significantly.”
(usually of an object) Present participle for to physically strain, or to apply force as to cause strain
“Heavily fatigued muscles may eventually stress the bone structure and cause a fracture.”
(of speech) Present participle for to vocally place emphasis on specific words or syllables
“My son tends to stress capitalized words with inflections.”
A confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
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