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(presɪŋ)
1. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A pressing problem, need, or issue has to be dealt with immediately.
It is one of the most pressing problems facing this country.
There is a pressing need for more funds.
Synonyms: urgent, serious, burning, vital More Synonyms of pressing
2.  See also press

pressing in British English

(ˈprɛsɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
demanding immediate attention
2. 
persistent or importunate
noun
3. 
a large specified number of gramophone records produced at one time from a master record
4. 
a component formed in a press
5.  football
the tactic of trying to stay very close to the opposition when they are in possession of the ball
Derived forms
pressingly (ˈpressingly)
adverb
pressingness (ˈpressingness)
noun

pressing in American English

(ˈprɛsɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
calling for immediate attention; urgent
2. 
persistent in request or demand; insistent
noun
3. 
the process or an instance of stamping, squeezing, etc. with a press
4. 
the result of this, often a series or one of a series of identical articles
a pressing of phonograph records
Derived forms
pressingly (ˈpressingly)
adverb
Word origin
prp. of press1

Examples of 'pressing' in a sentence
pressing

Now there is a more pressing issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And you've got to remember that fidelity wasn't the most pressing issue.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It’s opening corporations to accidental leakage of information, which is one of the most pressing concerns for CIOs currently.
Computing (2010)
The most pressing economic problem that Britain has is not the budget deficit or the current account deficit, but weak productivity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We find in him no answers to many of our most pressing questions.
Christianity Today (2000)
There were more pressing matters to attend to.
Jack Turner SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
This sort of thing makes air planning nearly hopeless and crew fatigue a pressing problem.
Admiral Sandy Woodward, With Patrick Robinson ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)
This is one of the most pressing issues for our society.
The Sun (2011)
Your most pressing concern will be that this judgment will affect your credit rating.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The most pressing question in this regard is the future of aviation.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The most pressing matter of all will be his future.
The Sun (2006)
The economy is the most pressing problem facing a new president.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The most pressing issue now is to secure new sources of crude.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The loss of a treasured chunk of sovereign territory is not its most pressing concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The more pressing question for both teams is how to find a cure.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She was too busy juggling pressing matters of work and home and family to check.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Obviously their pressing need is for more space.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Loneliness is fast emerging as one of the most pressing social problems of our time.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The most pressing issue is its suspected pursuit of the technology to build a nuclear bomb.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Hardly enough time for her brain to chum through the most pressing questions in world history.
The Sun (2009)
More pressing is the need to end the anarchy in the east before it becomes civil war.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
But it was another chance missed to rectify many pressing problems.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Clubs were asked to identify the three most pressing issues facing their club.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Housing is a much more real and pressing concern.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
At the boundaries come the most pressing questions.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
In the meantime, there are more pressing matters that ought to be holding their full attention.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)

In other languages
pressing

British English: pressing ADJECTIVE
A pressing problem, need, or issue has to be dealt with immediately.
It is one of the most pressing problems facing this country.
  • American English: pressing
  • Brazilian Portuguese: urgente
  • Chinese: 紧迫的
  • European Spanish: apremiante
  • French: urgent
  • German: dringend
  • Italian: urgente
  • Japanese: 差し迫った
  • Korean: 절박한
  • European Portuguese: urgente
  • Latin American Spanish: apremiante

All related terms of 'pressing'

press
If you press something somewhere , you push it firmly against something else.
pressing issue
An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing .
pressing matter
A matter is a task , situation, or event which you have to deal with or think about, especially one that involves problems .
pressing plant
a manufacturing plant where vinyl records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping
press on
If you press on or press ahead , you continue with a task or activity in a determined way, and do not allow any problems or difficulties to delay you.
re-press
to press again; esp., to make new copies of (a recording ) from the original master
hot press
a hot press is an airing cupboard for clothes
bench press
a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight , then lowers it again

Chinese translation of 'pressing'

pressing

(ˈprɛsɪŋ)

adj

  1. [problem, issue] 紧(緊)迫的 (jǐnpò de)

press

(prɛs)

n

  1. (= newspapers, journalists)
    the press 新闻(聞)界 (xīnwénjiè)
  2. (c) (for wine) 榨(搾)汁机(機) (zhàzhījī) (台, tái)
  3. (c) (also printing press) 印刷机(機) (yìnshuājī) (台, tái)

vt

    1. [button, switch, bell] 按 (àn)
    2. [accelerator] 踏 (tà)
  2. (= squeeze) 挤(擠) (jǐ)
  3. (= iron) [clothes, sheets etc] 熨平 (yùnpíng)
  4. (= put pressure on)
    to press sb for sth/to do sth 催逼某人某事/做某事 (cuībī mǒurén mǒushì/zuò mǒushì)
  5. (= express) [claim, views, point] 坚(堅)持 (jiānchí)

vi

  1. (= squeeze) 挤(擠) (jǐ)
    to go to press [newspaper] 付印 (fùyìn)
    to give sth a press [switch, button, bell] 按某物 (àn mǒuwù)
    at the press of a switch 按了开(開)关(關)后(後) (ànle kāiguān hòu)
    to press sb about sth 从(從)某人处(處)打探某事 (cóng mǒurén chù dǎtàn mǒushì)
    to press sb for an answer 催某人回答 (cuī mǒurén huídá)
    to press sb into doing sth (= urge) 迫切要求某人做某事 (pòqiè yāoqiú mǒurén zuò mǒushì)
    to press sth (up)on sb (= force) 迫使某人接受某事 (pòshǐ mǒurén jiēshòu mǒushì)
    to press charges (against sb) (Law) 起诉(訴)(某人) (qǐsù (mǒurén))
    to be pressed for time/money 时(時)间(間)紧(緊)迫/手头(頭)紧(緊) (shíjiān jǐnpò/shǒutóu jǐn)
    to press (down) on sth (向下)压(壓)某物 ((xiàng xià) yā mǒuwù)
    to press for sth [changes etc] 迫切要求某事 (pòqiè yāoqiú mǒushì)
(adjective) 
Definition
demanding immediate attention
There is a pressing need for more funds.
Synonyms
urgent
There is an urgent need for food and water.
serious
I regard this as a serious matter.
burning
a burning question
vital
a blockade which could cut off vital oil and gas supplies
crucial (informal)
the most crucial election campaign in years
imperative
It's imperative to know your rights at such a time.
important
an important economic challenge to the government
constraining
high-priority
now or never
importunate (formal)
My receptionist shielded me from importunate visitors.
exigent
Opposites
regular
,
routine
,
unnecessary
,
unimportant
,
dispensable

Additional synonyms

in the sense of burning
Definition
urgent
a burning question
Synonyms
crucial (informal),
important,
pressing,
significant,
essential,
vital,
critical,
acute,
compelling,
urgent
in the sense of crucial
Definition
of exceptional importance
the most crucial election campaign in years
Synonyms
vital,
important,
pressing,
essential,
urgent,
momentous,
high-priority
in the sense of exigent
Synonyms
urgent,
pressing,
necessary,
critical,
crucial (informal),
acute,
imperative,
constraining,
insistent,
needful,
importunate (formal)

Synonyms of 'pressing'

pressing

Explore 'pressing' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of imperative
Definition
extremely urgent
It's imperative to know your rights at such a time.
Synonyms
urgent,
essential,
pressing,
vital,
crucial (informal),
compulsory,
indispensable,
obligatory,
exigent
in the sense of important
Definition
of great significance, value, or consequence
an important economic challenge to the government
Synonyms
significant,
critical,
substantial,
grave,
urgent,
serious,
material,
signal,
primary,
meaningful,
far-reaching,
momentous,
seminal,
weighty,
of substance,
salient,
noteworthy
in the sense of importunate
Definition
persistent or demanding
My receptionist shielded me from importunate visitors.
Synonyms
persistent,
demanding,
pressing,
dogged,
earnest,
troublesome,
insistent,
solicitous,
clamorous,
exigent,
pertinacious,
clamant
in the sense of serious
Definition
concerned with important matters
I regard this as a serious matter.
Synonyms
important,
crucial (informal),
urgent,
pressing,
difficult,
worrying,
deep,
significant,
grim,
far-reaching,
momentous,
fateful,
weighty,
no laughing matter,
of moment or consequence
in the sense of vital
Definition
essential or highly important
a blockade which could cut off vital oil and gas supplies
Synonyms
essential,
important,
necessary,
key,
basic,
significant,
critical,
radical,
crucial (informal),
fundamental,
urgent,
decisive,
cardinal,
imperative,
indispensable,
requisite,
life-or-death,
must-have
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