1. Noun
A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience.
2. Noun
A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis.
3. Noun
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syllable"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
4. Noun
special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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