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[ pres -ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈprɛs ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
noun any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
a number of such records produced at one time: The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.
Origin of pressing 1300–50; Middle English presing (gerund); see press1 , -ing2 , -ing1
SYNONYMS FOR pressing 1 crucial, vital, critical, imperative.
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OTHER WORDS FROM pressing press·ing·ly, adverb press·ing·ness, noun non·press·ing, adjective Words nearby pressing press fastener, press fit, press gallery, press gang, pressie, pressing , pressing plant, press into service, press kit, press lord, pressman
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Example sentences from the Web for pressing Then again, poetry is probably not the most pressing business case for Primer’s products.
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It’s a goal that might take a backseat to more pressing concerns in the short term.
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We are failing to collectively understand what our most critical and pressing problems actually are.
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Still, perhaps the most pressing issue is that no one knows where the ROS are coming from, and why they accrue in the gut.
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Over the past several weeks, we have focused our episodes on some of the most pressing and most concrete problems of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.
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It's not a problem not most of us have, but for those who do, it's a pressing social issue.
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Alamuddin, 36, has a pressing work schedule back in London as well.
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She was relentless in pressing her husband and other officials to take risks and do what was right for the country.
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I saw our domestically focused agencies devote a substantial portion of their budgets to their pressing needs.
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The engine having proved itself indispensable, the demand for it was becoming great and pressing from various countries.
James Watt | Andrew Carnegie
They sought each other with eager arms, clung together, pressing close, without further speech.
The Patriot | Antonio Fogazzaro
A few words here will sufficiently convey my appeal, but those few must be pressing .
To My Younger Brethren | Handley C. G. Moule
Finally he extended his arms and pressing them on his pallet tried to rise, but he could have lifted the earth as easily.
The City of Delight | Elizabeth Miller
Emboldened by the effect of these measures, the King lost no time in pressing forward his designs against the Church.
Andrew Melville | William Morison
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British Dictionary definitions for pressing adjective demanding immediate attention
persistent or importunate
noun a large specified number of gramophone records produced at one time from a master record
a component formed in a press
football the tactic of trying to stay very close to the opposition when they are in possession of the ball
Derived forms of pressing pressingly , adverb pressingness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to pressing acute, insistent, crucial, demanding, compelling, vital, imperative, immediate, dire, serious, critical, distressing, instant, burning, requiring, exacting, crying, obliging, claiming, constraining