pressingnessn.
/ˈprɛsɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɛsɪŋnᵻs/ The quality of being pressing; urgency; importunity.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] > urgency
urgency1540
urgentness1598
urgencec1605
pressingness1661
the mind > language > speech > request > [noun] > earnest request or entreaty > importunity or urgency
instancec1340
importunityc1425
instancy1515
importunateness?1526
importunacy1548
importancea1555
importancy1576
opportunitya1586
urgencec1592
urgency1611
clamorousnessa1617
pressingness1661
precariousness1666
supplicancy1728
beseechingness1863
imploringness1863
pleadingness1866
demandingness1930
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > [noun] > a need or requirement > urgent or pressing > urgency
urgency1540
urgentness1598
urgencec1605
pressingness1661
pressure1812
1661 Princess Cloria v. 583 As well in regard of his want of Commission to proceed in matters of this difficulty, as for that the pressingness of his Masters Affairs, required more then ordinary industry.
1685 R. Boyle Short Mem. Hist. Mineral Waters sig. A2v (advt.) Which pressingness of theirs he could not deny to be the more excusable, on this occasion.
1773 J. Johnson Let. 3 Feb. (1979) 58 I doubt not but you will allow the pressingness of my letters.
1879 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) Sept. 621 A remarkable attestation of the pressure and pressingness of the Zeitgeist.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 127 He has been allowing the nearness and pressingness of his own circumstances to delude him.
1912 Times 11 Mar. 4/7 The pressingness of the danger..lies in the fact that the Revised Version is..gradually coming more and more into use.
1954 Amer. Econ. Rev. 44 436 The price level be raised by some per cent per year to allow for the upward-pressingness of wage rates.
1994 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 3: Asia-Pacific (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 1 Mar. FE/1934/F The official added that the two sides have all stressed the importance and pressingness to handle the three major issues during the transitional period.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1661- put the acid on
- put the arm on
- put the arm on a person
- put the ass on
- put the ass upon
- put the axe in the helve
- put the bee on
- put the bite on
- put the black
- put the black on a person
- put the blast on
- put the blast on someone
- put the block on
- put the blocks on
- put the blocks to
- put the boot in
- put the bum on
- put the case
- put the cat among the pigeons
- put the change on
- put the change on a person
- put the change upon
- put the change upon a person
- put the clock back
- put the collar on