- stress
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 state of tensionADJECTIVE▪ considerable, extreme, great, high, incredible, intense, severe▪
Separation is a time of high emotional stress.
▪ acute, chronic▪ excessive, undue▪compensation claims for undue stress in the workplace
▪ added, greater, heightened, increased▪ low▪ daily▪the daily stress of teaching
▪ emotional, mental, psychological, social▪ post-traumatic▪He has suffered post-traumatic stress since the crash.
▪treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder
▪ occupational, work-related▪ family (esp. AmE)▪The program helps workers with work-related and family stress.
▪ environmental▪Different organisms react differently to environmental stress.
▪ economic, financial▪The high mortgage payments put them under severe financial stress.
… OF STRESS▪ level▪Many workers experience a high level of stress in their daily life.
VERB + STRESS▪ cause, create▪A divorce causes children great emotional stress.
▪ avoid, remove▪ add to, increase▪ alleviate, decrease, ease, lessen, minimize, reduce, relieve▪There are many things an employer can do to ease employees' stress.
▪ be under, endure, experience, have, suffer, suffer from, undergo▪He's been under a lot of stress lately.
▪ cope with, handle, manage, stand, take▪He's had to give up his job as leader of the project—he just couldn't take the stress.
STRESS + VERB▪ bring sth about, bring sth on, cause sth, trigger sth▪an illness brought on by stress
STRESS + NOUN▪ level▪high stress levels
▪ control, management▪Staff are encouraged to go on stress-management courses.
▪ response▪The release of the stress hormone cortisol is part of the human stress response.
▪ hormone▪ reduction, relief▪ buster (informal), reliever (both esp. AmE)▪Physical exercise is a great stress reliever.
PREPOSITION▪ under stress▪He broke under stress and had to leave.
PHRASES▪ a source of stress▪An overcrowded workplace can be a major source of stress.
▪ a symptom of stress▪Tiredness is one of the most common symptoms of stress.
2 emphasis that shows importanceADJECTIVE▪ enormous, great▪ particular, special▪ equal▪ undueVERB + STRESS▪ lay, place, put▪I must lay great stress on the need for secrecy.
PREPOSITION▪ with the stress on▪a study of child development, with the stress on acquisition of social skills
▪ stress on▪There's been a lot of stress on getting drug sellers off the streets.
3 emphasis on a word, syllable, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ main, major, primary, strong▪ secondary, weak▪ sentence, wordVERB + STRESS▪ carry, have, take▪Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word.
▪The first syllable takes the stress.
▪ place, put▪ mark▪Mark the primary stress in each word.
STRESS + VERB▪ fall, go▪Where does the stress fall in ‘psychological’?
STRESS + NOUN▪ patternPREPOSITION▪ stress on▪There's a stress on the second syllable.
4 physical forceADJECTIVE▪ enormous, high▪ low▪ constant▪ equal▪There is equal stress on all parts of the structure.
▪ undue▪Avoid exercise that puts undue stress on the knees.
▪ mechanical▪The majority of sports injuries are due to excessive mechanical stress on joints, ligaments and muscles.
VERB + STRESS▪ exert, set up▪The tower exerts an enormous stress on the walls.
▪The movements set up stresses in the earth's crust.
▪ apply, put, subject sth to▪Stress is applied to the wood to make it bend.
▪Standing all day puts stress on your feet.
▪The buttresses are subjected to constant stress.
▪ bear, take, withstand▪ increase, reduce▪ transfer, transmit▪ calculate▪Engineers calculated the stresses borne by each of the bridge supports.
STRESS + NOUN▪ fracture▪He was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot.
PREPOSITION▪ stress on▪Cycling puts very little stress on the joints.
▪ under stress▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Some woods warp under stress.
verbADVERB▪ heavily, strongly▪He stressed the point very strongly that all these services cost money.
▪ constantly, continually, repeatedly▪She has constantly stressed the government's poor record in this area.
▪ rightly▪Doctors have rightly stressed the importance of exercise.
VERB + STRESS▪ must▪I must stress that we still know very little about this disease.
▪ tend to▪Private schools tend to stress the more academic subjects.
▪ be anxious to, be at pains to (esp. BrE), be careful to, be keen to (BrE), take pains to▪She is at pains to stress the cultural differences between the two countries.
PHRASES▪ I can't stress enough, it can't be stressed enough▪I can't stress enough that security is of the highest importance.
▪ be important to stress sth, be worth stressing sth▪It is worth stressing that this was only a relatively small survey.
Stress is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑reportStress is used with these nouns as the object: ↑belief, ↑continuity, ↑difference, ↑importance, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑point, ↑role, ↑syllable, ↑urgency, ↑word
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
