stress

«stress» in Mova's school dictionary: a feeling of worry and pressure when you have too much to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (stress); verb (stress, stresses, stressed, stressing)

meaning for a pupil

1) Stress is a feeling of worry and pressure when you have too much to do or something is hard. tree →

2) To stress something is to say it is very important. tree →

3) Stress in a word is saying one part louder or stronger, like «TA-ble». tree →

4) Stress is a force that pushes, pulls or presses on something. tree →

sense in the lessons

In wellbeing lessons, children learn that a little stress is normal before a test, and that breathing, exercise, sleep and talking help. In English lessons, word stress and sentence stress change how words sound and sometimes their meaning, like «REcord» and «reCORD». In science and design, stress is the force on materials in bridges and buildings. Phrases: «stressed out», «under stress», «stress the importance».

examples

• Tests can cause stress, but deep breaths help. tree →
• She felt stressed because she was late. tree →
• The teacher stressed that we must wash our hands. tree →
• In «banana» the stress is on the middle part. tree →
• Talk to someone if stress is making you feel bad. tree →
• Dad was stressed out about the move. tree →
• The bridge is built to take a lot of stress. tree →
• Don't stress; we have plenty of time. tree →

note

Uncountable for the feeling: «a lot of stress», not «a stress». Past form: stressed. «Stressed» spelled backwards is «desserts», a well-known joke. Word stress can change the part of speech: «a PREsent» (noun) but «to preSENT» (verb).

In the corpora

• Burnout means being worn down by too much work and stress for too long, until even small tasks feel huge.
• Burnout is exhaustion from too much stress for too long, usually from work; the person feels drained and cannot concentrate.
• Calm, slow handling keeps sheep less stressed; stressed sheep scatter and can hurt themselves.
• Dogs get stressed when a routine suddenly changes, for example when the holidays end.
• Many places no longer give goldfish as fair prizes, because a fish in a small bag is stressed and often dies soon after.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stress» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.