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stress
Noun
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Stress is emotional pressure that makes you worry because things are not going well.
Death is a time of great stress for family and friends.
Plants under stress from lack of water or disease are the most likely to attract problem insects.
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Stress is physical pressure that gradually can cause things to break
Sitting puts an unnatural stress on the back and shortens the neck.
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Stress is extra attention or importance that you put on something.
Psychology has put a lot of stress on the childhood roots of adult problems.
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Stress is extra loudness that you use in a word or in music.
Put more stress on the first syllable of the word.
stress
Verb
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If you stress something, you say that it is very important.
I have repeatedly stressed the importance of hard work, but luck is also helpful.
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If you stress a word, part of a word, or a note in music, you make it louder than other words or notes.
director
Noun
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A director is a person who is in charge of something.
The film director was doing a very good job.
surface
Noun
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The surface of an object is the outside of the thing.
The surface of the earth is very large.
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The surface of a liquid is the top of it.
The surface of the lake was smooth.
surface
Verb
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When a thing surfaces, it comes to the top of liquid.
The fish surfaced to get food.
The swimmer surfaced for air.
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If information or facts surface, they are revealed or become known.
s surfaced that claimed the company was under investigation.