word stress
noun
the stress pattern or patterns associated with the words of a particular language when they are considered in isolation.
Also called
word accent.
Compare
sentence stress.
Origin of word stress
First recorded in 1910–15
Words nearby word stress
word picture,
word processing,
word processor,
word salad,
word square,
word stress,
word time,
word to the wise, a,
word wrap,
word wrapping,
word-blind
Example sentences from the Web for word stress
With respect to the word-stress and the metrical value of syllables there are in Shakespeare many archaic peculiarities.
A History of English Versification |Jakob Schipper
British Dictionary definitions for word stress
word stress
noun
the stress accent on the syllables of individual words either in a sentence or in isolation