word stress

American  

noun

1. the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.

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word stress British  

noun

1. the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation

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Etymology

Origin of word stress

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

“Stress still remains one of those terms people throw around and maybe not everyone is meaning the same thing when they use the word stress,” Gupta told the Guardian.

From The Guardian

“It’s a cop out if you just dump this on the word stress,” McEwen says.

From The Verge

The program’s software is customized for each person, “so we can assess your English in terms of your speech, word stress, fluency, grammar and pronunciation,” he said.

From New York Times

“It’s a cop out if you just dump this on the word stress.”

From The Verge