word stress
noun
: the manner in which stresses are distributed on the syllables of a word
called also word accent
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Several of these ingredients have previously been used in supplements that included the word stress in the title or in the packaging.
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Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Another study looked at how parents’ singing and musicality at home correlated with the child’s word stress perception (meaning their ability to know which part of a word to stress).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
One interstitial word stresses the possibility of transformation rather than stasis: liminal.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2020
Nevertheless, Aldridge offered words stressing peace and the love of family on that December day.
—K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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Emily Burns, WWD, 7 Jan. 2025
Another study looked at how parents’ singing and musicality at home correlated with the child’s word stress perception (meaning their ability to know which part of a word to stress).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2023
One interstitial word stresses the possibility of transformation rather than stasis: liminal.
—Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2020
Nevertheless, Aldridge offered words stressing peace and the love of family on that December day.
—K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2018
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“Word stress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word%20stress. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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