Meaning of stress in English
1. special emphasis or importance given to something
The company is laying greater stress on export sales.
2. a feeling of worry because of having many problems or too much to do in your life; pressure
He's suffering from stress because he's got too much work to do.
1. say something strongly to show that it is very important
I must stress that the problem was very serious.
2. say something slightly more loudly
He stressed the words 'very important.'
3. give extra force to a word or syllable(=part of a word) when pronouncing it
stress the first syllable