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word stress

noun

  1. the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.


word stress

noun

  1. the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of word stress1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

With respect to the word-stress and the metrical value of syllables there are in Shakespeare many archaic peculiarities.

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