primary stress
primary stress noun: the stronger of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
Noun
primary stress (countable and uncountable, plural primary stresses)
- The stronger of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
- Synonyms:
- primary accent
primary stress meaning in Tamil
primary stress in Tamil
- சுமையேற்றத் தகைவு
Synonyms of primary stress
Forms of primary stress
| plural | primary stresses |
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Words that rhyme with primary stress
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- SMS
- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
Questions about primary stress
- What does primary stress mean?
- Primary stress means the stronger of two degrees of stress in the pronunciation of a word.
- What is primary stress in Tamil?
- Primary stress in Tamil is சுமையேற்றத் தகைவு. See Primary stress meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is primary stress?
- Primary stress is a noun.
- What is the plural of primary stress?
- The plural of primary stress is primary stresses.
Words near primary stress in the dictionary
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