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• stressed — [ strest ] or ,stressed out adjective 1. ) affected by stress: I ve been really stressed out at work recently. physically and mentally stressed 2. ) a stressed word or SYLLABLE (=part of a word) is pronounced more loudly or with greater force… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stressed — UK [strest] / US or stressed out UK / US adjective 1) affected by stress I ve been really stressed out at work recently. physically and mentally stressed 2) linguistics a stressed word or syllable (= part of a word) is pronounced more loudly or… …   English dictionary

• stressed out — stressed UK [strest] / US or stressed out UK / US adjective 1) affected by stress I ve been really stressed out at work recently. physically and mentally stressed 2) linguistics a stressed word or syllable (= part of a word) is pronounced more… …   English dictionary

• Meter (poetry) — In poetry, meter (metre in British English) is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse. Many traditional verse forms prescribe a specific verse meter, or a certain set of meters alternating in a particular order. The study of… …   Wikipedia

• Romance languages — Romance Geographic distribution: Originally Southern Europe and parts of Africa; now also Latin America, Canada, parts of Lebanon and much of Western Africa Linguistic classification: Indo European Italic …   Wikipedia

• English phonology — See also: Phonological history of English English phonology is the study of the sound system (phonology) of the English language. Like many languages, English has wide variation in pronunciation, both historically and from dialect to dialect. In… …   Wikipedia

• Stress (linguistics) — In linguistics, stress is the relative emphasis that may be given to certain syllables in a word. The term is also used for similar patterns of phonetic prominence inside syllables. The word accent is sometimes also used with this sense.Types of… …   Wikipedia

• History of French — This article is part of the series on: French language Langues d oïl Dialects Creoles Francophonie History Oaths of Strasbourg Ordinance of Villers Cotterêts Anglo Norman Grammar …   Wikipedia

• prosody — prosodic /preuh sod ik/, prosodical, adj. /pros euh dee/, n. 1. the science or study of poetic meters and versification. 2. a particular or distinctive system of metrics and versification: Milton s prosody. 3. Ling. the stress and intonation… …   Universalium

• Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …   Wikipedia

• Pitch accent — is a linguistic term of convenience for a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to… …   Wikipedia