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word stress
noun
- the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
word stress
noun
- the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation
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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.
From Project Gutenberg
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