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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

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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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