ADJ

acute, considerable, extreme, great, high, severe
Separation is a time of high emotional stress
excessive
greater, increased
low
daily
the daily stress of teaching
emotional, mental, psychological, social
economic, financial
The high mortgage payments put them under severe financial stress

QUANT

level
Many workers experience a high level of stress in their daily life

VERB + STRESS

cause, create
A divorce causes children great emotional stress
avoid, remove
add to, increase
reduce, relieve
be under, experience, have, suffer (from)
He's been under a lot of stress lately
cope with, handle, manage, stand, take
He's had to give up his job as leader of the project?he just couldn't take the stress

STRESS + VERB

bring sth about/on
an illness brought on by stress

STRESS + NOUN

level
high stress levels
control, management
Staff are encouraged to go on stress management courses

PREP

under ~
He broke under stress and had to leave

PHRASES

a source of stress
An overcrowded workplace can be a major source of stress
a symptom of stress
Tiredness is one of the most common symptoms of stress

ADJ

enormous, great
particular, special
equal
undue

VERB + STRESS

lay, place, put
I must lay great stress on the need for secrecy

PREP

with the ~ on
a study of child development, with the stress on acquisition of social skills
~ on
There's been a lot of stress on getting drug sellers off the streets

ADJ

main, major, primary, strong
secondary, weak
sentence, word

VERB + STRESS

carry, have, take
Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word. The first syllable takes the stress
place, put
mark
Mark the primary stress in each word

STRESS + VERB

fall, go
Where does the stress fall in 'psychological' ?

STRESS + NOUN

mark
pattern

PREP

~ on
There's a stress on the second syllable

ADJ

enormous, high
low
constant
equal
There is equal stress on all parts of the structure

VERB + STRESS

exert, set up
The tower exerts an enormous stress on the walls. The movements set up stresses in the earth's crust
apply, put, subject sth to
Stress is applied to the wood to make it bend. Standing all day puts stress on your feet. The buttresses are subjected to constant stress
bear, take, withstand
increase, reduce
transfer, transmit
calculate
Engineers calculated the stresses borne by each of the bridge supports

PREP

under ~
Some woods warp under stress