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Stress a term used to describe a syllable that has emphasis in a word.  Syllables that are emphasized may be louder, longer and either higher or lower in pitch than surrounding syllables.  
 
Stress a term used to describe a syllable that has emphasis in a word.  Syllables that are emphasized may be louder, longer and either higher or lower in pitch than surrounding syllables.  

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Stress a term used to describe a syllable that has emphasis in a word. Syllables that are emphasized may be louder, longer and either higher or lower in pitch than surrounding syllables.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_(linguistics)