{
    "term": "stress",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "pressure or worry caused by problems in somebody’s life or by having too much to do",
            "sensetop": "under stress",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "emotional/mental stress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to suffer from stress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to relieve/reduce/alleviate stress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things can easily go wrong when people are under stress.",
                    "contextForm": "under stress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The incident has caused enormous **stress and anxiety** to my family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all sometimes struggle with the **stresses and strains** of daily life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can we help young people cope with the stress of exams?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "stress-related illnesses"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**stress management** *(= dealing with stress)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The release of the stress hormone cortisol is part of the human **stress response**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stress is often a factor in the development of long-term sickness."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Few of us can understand the stresses of a job where an everyday mistake can cost lives."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An overcrowded workplace can be a major source of stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been under a lot of stress lately."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parenting under stress can be extremely difficult."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The scholarship will allow her to focus on study without the stress of worrying about money"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was signed off work with stress (= suffering from stress)."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many workers experience a high level of stress in their daily life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Physical exercise is a great stress reliever."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Separation is a time of high emotional stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Staff are encouraged to go on stress management courses."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The high mortgage payments put them under severe financial stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The program helps workers with work-related and family stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are many things an employer can do to ease employees' stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tiredness is one of the most common symptoms of stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an illness brought on by stress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "compensation claims for undue stress in the workplace"
                },
                {
                    "text": "high stress levels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the daily stress of teaching"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "extreme", "great"],
                "… of stress": ["level"],
                "verb + stress": ["cause", "create", "avoid"],
                "stress + verb": [
                    "bring something about",
                    "bring something on",
                    "cause something"
                ],
                "stress + noun": ["level", "control", "management"],
                "preposition": ["under stress"],
                "phrases": ["a source of stress", "a symptom of stress"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "physical pressure put on something that can damage it or make it lose its shape",
            "sensetop": "stress on something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When you have an injury you start **putting stress on** other parts of your body.",
                    "contextForm": "stress on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Little is known about the effects of water stress on plants."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The building was condemned because of the damage caused by excessive heat stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Different organisms react differently to environmental stress *(= damage to the environment caused by human activity or natural events)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **stress fracture** of the foot *(= one caused by such pressure)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Avoid exercise that puts undue stress on the knees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cycling puts very little stress on the joints."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Engineers calculated the stresses borne by each of the bridge supports."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right foot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some woods warp under stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Standing all day puts stress on your feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stress is applied to the wood to make it bend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The buttresses are subjected to constant stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The majority of sports injuries are due to excessive mechanical stress on joints, ligaments and muscles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movements set up stresses in the earth's crust."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tower exerts an enormous stress on the walls."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is equal stress on all parts of the structure."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["enormous", "high", "low"],
                "verb + stress": ["exert", "set up", "apply"],
                "stress + noun": ["fracture"],
                "preposition": ["stress on", "under stress"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "an extra force used when pronouncing a particular word or syllable",
            "sensetop": "stress on something",
            "labels": "(phonetics)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We worked on pronunciation, stress and intonation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a stress on the second syllable.",
                    "contextForm": "stress on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In ‘strategic’ the stress falls on the second syllable"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Where does the stress fall in ‘psychological’?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first syllable takes the stress."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mark the primary stress in each word."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Language"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["main", "major", "primary"],
                "verb + stress": ["carry", "have", "take"],
                "stress + verb": ["fall", "go"],
                "stress + noun": ["pattern"],
                "preposition": ["stress on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "special importance given to something",
            "sensetop": "stress (on something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She **lays** great **stress on** punctuality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think the company places too much stress on cost and not enough on quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been a lot of stress on getting drug sellers off the streets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a study of child development, with the stress on acquisition of social skills"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must lay great stress on the need for secrecy."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["enormous", "great", "particular"],
                "verb + stress": ["lay", "place", "put"],
                "preposition": ["with the stress on", "stress on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "extra force used when making a particular sound in music",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "illness caused by difficult physical conditions",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stres/",
                "audio": "st/stress/stress__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/stres/",
                "audio": "st/stress/stress__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting hardship or force exerted on a person for the purpose of compulsion): shortening of distress, or partly from Old French estresse ‘narrowness, oppression’, based on Latin strictus ‘drawn tight’, past participle of stringere ‘tighten, draw tight’."
}