Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pre-stressed

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: pre-stressed
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.

adj

Standing before a stressed syllable.

Example Sentences

"pre-stressed concrete"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English stressed English pre-stressed From pre- + stressed.

Inflected Forms

more pre-stressed (comparative) most pre-stressed (superlative)

Questions

What does pre-stressed mean?: Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
Where does pre-stressed come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English stressed English pre-stressed From pre- + stressed.

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