sentence stress

sentence stress

noun
the stress pattern or patterns associated with words as arranged in sentences in a particular language.
Also called sense stress, sentence accent.
Compare word stress.


Origin:
1880–85

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sentence stress
 
n
the stress given to a word or words in a sentence, often conveying nuances of meaning or emphasis

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Sentence stress is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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