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primary stress

 noun
     
Related topics: Linguistics
primary stress [uncountable and countable]
technicalSL the strongest force that is put on a part of a long word when you say it, like the force given to 'pri' in 'primary'. It is shown in this dictionary by the mark ( ' ).
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