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

Word History and Origins

Origin of word stress¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg