Definition of pressing in English:

pressing

adjective ˈprɛsɪŋˈprɛsɪŋ

1Requiring quick or immediate action or attention.
inflation was the most pressing problem
he had pressing business in Scotland
Example sentencesExamples
- The finance ministers do not have any immediately pressing issues to discuss, unlike at some meetings in the past.
- The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the pressing necessity for a world peace organization.
- The claimant states that it called evidence which in its view did establish a clear and, if those adjectives are considered appropriate, an immediate and pressing need for such facilities.
- The principle of proportionality requires the House to consider whether there was a pressing necessity to impose a legal rather than an evidential burden on the accused.
- Ultimately it is designed to cover up the social causes of crime, to divert attention from the pressing issues of unemployment, homelessness and related social ills.
- Except this was not war, there were no other pressing issues that demanded his immediate attention so he could forget his pain.
- Nowadays, Congress desperately needs to turn its attention to the pressing issues of national security and the economy.
- To companies facing immediate, pressing storage problems, NAS offers a robust, ready, and reasonably easy solution.
- Most pertinent among them is the country's economic situation, which has wiped out people's savings and focused their attention on more pressing matters.
- The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues.
- Throughout the conference, our Cuban colleagues called attention to the pressing need for printed matter - journals and textbooks.
- Perhaps she isn't the only celebrity distracting the public's attention from the pressing issues at hand.
- Those marches benefited from looming battles that trained participants' attention on a pressing matter at hand.
- With such a pressing need for quick diagnoses, ‘a rapid, accurate and sensitive pen-side test would be helpful,’ says Bostock.
- Moreover, other pressing concerns dominated the attention of the time period.
- The media's attention was diverted away from the pressing agenda of how to help the region's poor break the cycle of poverty.
- He readily conceded that he did not pay attention to less pressing matters during the fall.
- After all, there are only two ways to divert the attention of the international community from the more pressing and immediate problems of abject hunger and poverty.
- In Bollywood though, there is clearly a section of people who are glad he is using his celebrity status to draw attention to a pressing social cause.
- For professionals accustomed to finding quick resolutions to pressing financial challenges, that can be frustrating.
Synonyms
urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, dire, drastic, burning, extreme, life-and-death
important, of the utmost importance, high-priority, pivotal, critical, crucial, compelling, demanding, necessary, key, vital
imperative, essential, of the essence
inescapable
1. 1.1 Expressing something strongly or persistently.
  a pressing invitation
  Example sentencesExamples
  But the pressing darkness, the incessant bass thumping of her heart…
  She says she won't come back to California, nor will she go to France despite a pressing invitation.
  It is unusual in our time to hear or read someone declare that conscience tells them to change their strongest beliefs and sacrifice their most pressing desires.
  What is needed, as this book shows, is a feeling for the persistence of the past, a pressing curiosity, and a passionate interest in the precise details of place.
  Once you've determined how much to tip, the next pressing question is: when?
  Synonyms
  insistent, persistent, determined, resolute, tenacious, obstinate, dogged, unrelenting, importunate
  repeated, unremitting, continuous, incessant, demanding, entreating, clamorous
  rare exigent

noun ˈprɛsɪŋˈprɛsɪŋ

1An act or instance of applying force or weight to something.
pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings
Example sentencesExamples
- There was just one mill willing to do custom pressing.
- Alternate drying and pressing until books are thoroughly dry.
- The grape pulp could be subject to a second pressing, or even, after being soaked for a day, a third, to produce a thin drink for slaves.
- While one student feeds the leaves into a pressing machine another presses the pedal.
- Hot isostatic pressing of aluminum castings reduces porosity and can thus decrease the scatter in mechanical properties.
- Shiraz grapes ready for the new pressing at Dindiloa Wines.
- Because it locks you into a fluid up and down movement, the Smith machine is an excellent tool for overhead pressing.
- Borage Oil is extracted from the seeds of borage by first cold pressing.
- While the long-term effects of nightly cornea pressing are unknown, the lenses are considered to be safe.
- There is an association with drunkenness, too, among hundreds of cuckoo-related legends, because it's taken as being the signal for the brewers of apple cider to start drinking the first of last autumn's pressings.
- Iain describes the scene: the bright, hot estate, the straw hats, the flagons filling while Mestre Alabaça watches his art going forth, not the Mouchão or the Dom Rafael but the traditional pressings, vino currente, the current wine.
- It is the largest single location of pressings and full systems engineering in Europe.
- This season we have picked enough for one pressing every week, sometimes two pressings.
- Most independent labels manufacture about 5,000 to 20,000 units for the first round of pressing.
- There can be oil, however, from second or even third pressings of the oil.
- Another factor in olive oil quality and character is the type of pressing.
2A record or other object made by the application of force or weight.
Example sentencesExamples
- After scrimping and saving more pennies, we mustered the low budget to get some promotional pressings done.
- All records issued with picture covers unless stated. Test pressings are w/o picture covers unless stated.
- The next stage is the manufacture of machines that Vestex are putting out that will allow people to make their own vinyl pressings.
- It's another pressing from the Paramount Trek mold.
- Floor pressings, suspension units, engines and transmissions were much the same and the maker could ring changes with the bodywork.
- Surman had gathered a few of his mates for a farewell jam session in an East End recording studio, and though a few test pressings were made, the master tapes were lost for over 30 years.
- Early pressings of Working for the Man include a second disc of B-sides and rarities that greatly enhances the collection's appeal.
- The sonics, a major improvement over the original harsh and thin-sounding early digital pressings, warrant repurchase for those who love these performances.
- The first 20,000 pressings came with a Star of David pendant.
- And I came in with a new Trammps record on a Friday, so I said ‘Dominic, I really got to get some test pressings of this.’
1. 2.1 A series of objects pressed at one time.
  the EP sold out its first pressing in one day
  Example sentencesExamples
  After that pressing, strict black and white was used, and most versions looked like something produced on a gas station copy machine.
  Parton's first singles, released in pressings of only a few hundred copies, went out under the name the Go!
  He also granted an injunction effectively banning future use of that part of the lyric which infringed copyright, and preventing any new pressings of the recording.
  For the original pressing, the band requested the flames look orange, and as a result, the entire cover was printed orange on white.

Derivatives

pressingly

adverb ˈprɛsɪŋliˈprɛsɪŋli

His experience is, after all, more pressingly real and common than a great deal of commercially successful filmmakers.
Example sentencesExamples
- But getting closer to the best on a continental level is a preoccupation that haunts them more pressingly.
- Most pressingly, perhaps, refugees had sheltered in this isolated part of Afghanistan for protection and had to be moved to a healthier location.
- More pressingly, the Frenchman finds himself with a squad facing a much-needed overhaul with as many as five positions desperately in need of an upgrade.
- There is tiramisu in my hair, but more pressingly, my trousers are on fire!
- First, we can note that experiences and reactions can become diffused and adopted by others outside the social location that most pressingly experiences the frustrations Merton identifies.
- More than any other moment in the film, these sequences call attention to the artifice and operations of cinema by most pressingly posing the question of how much of what we're watching is real.
- There'll be a new baby to see, a birthday to celebrate and, most pressingly, a Eurovision song contest to watch.
- And, more pressingly, What if the personal were political?
- No pans, not pots, no whisks and most pressingly, no sieves.
- I can think of no single writer more pressingly relevant to our understanding of our lives than Shakespeare.
- For me that's the challenge of the council and its deepest, pressingly pertinent significance.
- Now at 13 or so I am deeply concerned still about my lack of flat stomach, but more pressingly, my lack of breasts.
- The concerns centre most pressingly this weekend on the fate of one of the pillars of Scotland's artistic reputation, Scottish Opera.
- More pressingly, US stocks still look expensive.
- A clarification of the intent of the GA on this issue is pressingly needed.
- Even more pressingly, the certiorari jurisdiction can be exercised in cases of error of law on the part of the inferior tribunal.
- More pressingly, promiscuity has always been a useful tool in shoring up prejudice, whether that be homophobia or gender war.
- More pressingly though, vampires aren't actually true immortals.
- I don't use it often, but it's there, if you've something pressingly important that you can't put in one of those e-mails no-one ever sends me…

Rhymes

blessing, distressing, dressing, Lessing, unprepossessing

Definition of pressing in US English:

pressing

adjectiveˈpresiNGˈprɛsɪŋ

1(of a problem, need, or situation) requiring quick or immediate action or attention.
inflation was the most pressing problem
he had pressing business in Albany
Example sentencesExamples
- For professionals accustomed to finding quick resolutions to pressing financial challenges, that can be frustrating.
- Nowadays, Congress desperately needs to turn its attention to the pressing issues of national security and the economy.
- The media's attention was diverted away from the pressing agenda of how to help the region's poor break the cycle of poverty.
- The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the pressing necessity for a world peace organization.
- He readily conceded that he did not pay attention to less pressing matters during the fall.
- The principle of proportionality requires the House to consider whether there was a pressing necessity to impose a legal rather than an evidential burden on the accused.
- Ultimately it is designed to cover up the social causes of crime, to divert attention from the pressing issues of unemployment, homelessness and related social ills.
- The claimant states that it called evidence which in its view did establish a clear and, if those adjectives are considered appropriate, an immediate and pressing need for such facilities.
- Throughout the conference, our Cuban colleagues called attention to the pressing need for printed matter - journals and textbooks.
- In Bollywood though, there is clearly a section of people who are glad he is using his celebrity status to draw attention to a pressing social cause.
- Those marches benefited from looming battles that trained participants' attention on a pressing matter at hand.
- After all, there are only two ways to divert the attention of the international community from the more pressing and immediate problems of abject hunger and poverty.
- Perhaps she isn't the only celebrity distracting the public's attention from the pressing issues at hand.
- The finance ministers do not have any immediately pressing issues to discuss, unlike at some meetings in the past.
- Most pertinent among them is the country's economic situation, which has wiped out people's savings and focused their attention on more pressing matters.
- Moreover, other pressing concerns dominated the attention of the time period.
- With such a pressing need for quick diagnoses, ‘a rapid, accurate and sensitive pen-side test would be helpful,’ says Bostock.
- The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues.
- To companies facing immediate, pressing storage problems, NAS offers a robust, ready, and reasonably easy solution.
- Except this was not war, there were no other pressing issues that demanded his immediate attention so he could forget his pain.
Synonyms
urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, dire, drastic, burning, extreme, life-and-death
important, of the utmost importance, high-priority, pivotal, critical, crucial, compelling, demanding, necessary, key, vital
1. 1.1 Expressing something strongly or persistently.
  a pressing invitation
  Example sentencesExamples
  What is needed, as this book shows, is a feeling for the persistence of the past, a pressing curiosity, and a passionate interest in the precise details of place.
  It is unusual in our time to hear or read someone declare that conscience tells them to change their strongest beliefs and sacrifice their most pressing desires.
  She says she won't come back to California, nor will she go to France despite a pressing invitation.
  But the pressing darkness, the incessant bass thumping of her heart…
  Once you've determined how much to tip, the next pressing question is: when?
  Synonyms
  insistent, persistent, determined, resolute, tenacious, obstinate, dogged, unrelenting, importunate

nounˈpresiNGˈprɛsɪŋ

1A phonograph record or other object made by the application of force or weight.
Example sentencesExamples
- And I came in with a new Trammps record on a Friday, so I said ‘Dominic, I really got to get some test pressings of this.’
- The next stage is the manufacture of machines that Vestex are putting out that will allow people to make their own vinyl pressings.
- The first 20,000 pressings came with a Star of David pendant.
- Early pressings of Working for the Man include a second disc of B-sides and rarities that greatly enhances the collection's appeal.
- All records issued with picture covers unless stated. Test pressings are w/o picture covers unless stated.
- It's another pressing from the Paramount Trek mold.
- The sonics, a major improvement over the original harsh and thin-sounding early digital pressings, warrant repurchase for those who love these performances.
- Floor pressings, suspension units, engines and transmissions were much the same and the maker could ring changes with the bodywork.
- After scrimping and saving more pennies, we mustered the low budget to get some promotional pressings done.
- Surman had gathered a few of his mates for a farewell jam session in an East End recording studio, and though a few test pressings were made, the master tapes were lost for over 30 years.
1. 1.1 A series of objects pressed at one time.
  the first pressing of the live album
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are no remixes or bonus tracks with this pressing, just the original 14 tracks.
  With their self-titled debut CD now in a second pressing, the trio is to hit the stage Saturday and Sunday at Tin Pan Alley as part of Jazz City.
  This is special for me, as I don't even have pressings of my own back catalogue!
  First it was with shows, they would pull the plug on me, now the CD duplicator doesn't want to do the second pressing of the album because they think it's too filthy.
  Davis pieced portions of the album from one-off pressings of records that were never intended for commercial release, individual vinyl postcards and doodles from long ago (hence the title).
  The ‘cover up’ no doubt resulted in a wave of trade-ins from purchasers of the record's original pressing.
  A songwriting credit was given to the Motor City Madman in later pressings of the record.
  One example of this is when I myself purchased a dance record first pressing from the 1990's which was very rare and I got it for £14.
  To me, these feel definitive, the pressings that these records have always deserved, and it's nice to be able to hear them for the first time again.
  The first issue of the CDs has now sold out and a second pressing has been undertaken to satisfy the demand.
  Initial pressings include a limited edition companion disc featuring remixes by Moby and Air, as well as a re-recording of the notorious Hunky Dory outtake ‘Shadowman.’
  Instead, some really, really valuable punk records (first pressing of Gary Gilmore's Eyes, for example) were left out for the binmen.
  After two more pressings, Beulah decided to issue the record with Japanese cover art, most likely because of lead singer Miles Kurosky's stay in Tokyo.
2. 1.2 An act or instance of applying force or weight to something.
  pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings
  Example sentencesExamples
  There can be oil, however, from second or even third pressings of the oil.
  There was just one mill willing to do custom pressing.
  Hot isostatic pressing of aluminum castings reduces porosity and can thus decrease the scatter in mechanical properties.
  Iain describes the scene: the bright, hot estate, the straw hats, the flagons filling while Mestre Alabaça watches his art going forth, not the Mouchão or the Dom Rafael but the traditional pressings, vino currente, the current wine.
  Another factor in olive oil quality and character is the type of pressing.
  Alternate drying and pressing until books are thoroughly dry.
  Most independent labels manufacture about 5,000 to 20,000 units for the first round of pressing.
  Shiraz grapes ready for the new pressing at Dindiloa Wines.
  The grape pulp could be subject to a second pressing, or even, after being soaked for a day, a third, to produce a thin drink for slaves.
  It is the largest single location of pressings and full systems engineering in Europe.
  There is an association with drunkenness, too, among hundreds of cuckoo-related legends, because it's taken as being the signal for the brewers of apple cider to start drinking the first of last autumn's pressings.
  While one student feeds the leaves into a pressing machine another presses the pedal.
  This season we have picked enough for one pressing every week, sometimes two pressings.
  Because it locks you into a fluid up and down movement, the Smith machine is an excellent tool for overhead pressing.
  Borage Oil is extracted from the seeds of borage by first cold pressing.
  While the long-term effects of nightly cornea pressing are unknown, the lenses are considered to be safe.

单词	pressing
释义	Definition of pressing in English: pressing adjective ˈprɛsɪŋˈprɛsɪŋ 1Requiring quick or immediate action or attention. inflation was the most pressing problem he had pressing business in Scotland Example sentencesExamples The finance ministers do not have any immediately pressing issues to discuss, unlike at some meetings in the past. The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the pressing necessity for a world peace organization. The claimant states that it called evidence which in its view did establish a clear and, if those adjectives are considered appropriate, an immediate and pressing need for such facilities. The principle of proportionality requires the House to consider whether there was a pressing necessity to impose a legal rather than an evidential burden on the accused. Ultimately it is designed to cover up the social causes of crime, to divert attention from the pressing issues of unemployment, homelessness and related social ills. Except this was not war, there were no other pressing issues that demanded his immediate attention so he could forget his pain. Nowadays, Congress desperately needs to turn its attention to the pressing issues of national security and the economy. To companies facing immediate, pressing storage problems, NAS offers a robust, ready, and reasonably easy solution. Most pertinent among them is the country's economic situation, which has wiped out people's savings and focused their attention on more pressing matters. The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues. Throughout the conference, our Cuban colleagues called attention to the pressing need for printed matter - journals and textbooks. Perhaps she isn't the only celebrity distracting the public's attention from the pressing issues at hand. Those marches benefited from looming battles that trained participants' attention on a pressing matter at hand. With such a pressing need for quick diagnoses, ‘a rapid, accurate and sensitive pen-side test would be helpful,’ says Bostock. Moreover, other pressing concerns dominated the attention of the time period. The media's attention was diverted away from the pressing agenda of how to help the region's poor break the cycle of poverty. He readily conceded that he did not pay attention to less pressing matters during the fall. After all, there are only two ways to divert the attention of the international community from the more pressing and immediate problems of abject hunger and poverty. In Bollywood though, there is clearly a section of people who are glad he is using his celebrity status to draw attention to a pressing social cause. For professionals accustomed to finding quick resolutions to pressing financial challenges, that can be frustrating. Synonyms urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, dire, drastic, burning, extreme, life-and-death important, of the utmost importance, high-priority, pivotal, critical, crucial, compelling, demanding, necessary, key, vital imperative, essential, of the essence inescapable 1.1 Expressing something strongly or persistently. a pressing invitation Example sentencesExamples But the pressing darkness, the incessant bass thumping of her heart… She says she won't come back to California, nor will she go to France despite a pressing invitation. It is unusual in our time to hear or read someone declare that conscience tells them to change their strongest beliefs and sacrifice their most pressing desires. What is needed, as this book shows, is a feeling for the persistence of the past, a pressing curiosity, and a passionate interest in the precise details of place. Once you've determined how much to tip, the next pressing question is: when? Synonyms insistent, persistent, determined, resolute, tenacious, obstinate, dogged, unrelenting, importunate repeated, unremitting, continuous, incessant, demanding, entreating, clamorous rare exigent noun ˈprɛsɪŋˈprɛsɪŋ 1An act or instance of applying force or weight to something. pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings Example sentencesExamples There was just one mill willing to do custom pressing. Alternate drying and pressing until books are thoroughly dry. The grape pulp could be subject to a second pressing, or even, after being soaked for a day, a third, to produce a thin drink for slaves. While one student feeds the leaves into a pressing machine another presses the pedal. Hot isostatic pressing of aluminum castings reduces porosity and can thus decrease the scatter in mechanical properties. Shiraz grapes ready for the new pressing at Dindiloa Wines. Because it locks you into a fluid up and down movement, the Smith machine is an excellent tool for overhead pressing. Borage Oil is extracted from the seeds of borage by first cold pressing. While the long-term effects of nightly cornea pressing are unknown, the lenses are considered to be safe. There is an association with drunkenness, too, among hundreds of cuckoo-related legends, because it's taken as being the signal for the brewers of apple cider to start drinking the first of last autumn's pressings. Iain describes the scene: the bright, hot estate, the straw hats, the flagons filling while Mestre Alabaça watches his art going forth, not the Mouchão or the Dom Rafael but the traditional pressings, vino currente, the current wine. It is the largest single location of pressings and full systems engineering in Europe. This season we have picked enough for one pressing every week, sometimes two pressings. Most independent labels manufacture about 5,000 to 20,000 units for the first round of pressing. There can be oil, however, from second or even third pressings of the oil. Another factor in olive oil quality and character is the type of pressing. 2A record or other object made by the application of force or weight. Example sentencesExamples After scrimping and saving more pennies, we mustered the low budget to get some promotional pressings done. All records issued with picture covers unless stated. Test pressings are w/o picture covers unless stated. The next stage is the manufacture of machines that Vestex are putting out that will allow people to make their own vinyl pressings. It's another pressing from the Paramount Trek mold. Floor pressings, suspension units, engines and transmissions were much the same and the maker could ring changes with the bodywork. Surman had gathered a few of his mates for a farewell jam session in an East End recording studio, and though a few test pressings were made, the master tapes were lost for over 30 years. Early pressings of Working for the Man include a second disc of B-sides and rarities that greatly enhances the collection's appeal. The sonics, a major improvement over the original harsh and thin-sounding early digital pressings, warrant repurchase for those who love these performances. The first 20,000 pressings came with a Star of David pendant. And I came in with a new Trammps record on a Friday, so I said ‘Dominic, I really got to get some test pressings of this.’ 2.1 A series of objects pressed at one time. the EP sold out its first pressing in one day Example sentencesExamples After that pressing, strict black and white was used, and most versions looked like something produced on a gas station copy machine. Parton's first singles, released in pressings of only a few hundred copies, went out under the name the Go! He also granted an injunction effectively banning future use of that part of the lyric which infringed copyright, and preventing any new pressings of the recording. For the original pressing, the band requested the flames look orange, and as a result, the entire cover was printed orange on white. Derivatives pressingly adverb ˈprɛsɪŋliˈprɛsɪŋli His experience is, after all, more pressingly real and common than a great deal of commercially successful filmmakers. Example sentencesExamples But getting closer to the best on a continental level is a preoccupation that haunts them more pressingly. Most pressingly, perhaps, refugees had sheltered in this isolated part of Afghanistan for protection and had to be moved to a healthier location. More pressingly, the Frenchman finds himself with a squad facing a much-needed overhaul with as many as five positions desperately in need of an upgrade. There is tiramisu in my hair, but more pressingly, my trousers are on fire! First, we can note that experiences and reactions can become diffused and adopted by others outside the social location that most pressingly experiences the frustrations Merton identifies. More than any other moment in the film, these sequences call attention to the artifice and operations of cinema by most pressingly posing the question of how much of what we're watching is real. There'll be a new baby to see, a birthday to celebrate and, most pressingly, a Eurovision song contest to watch. And, more pressingly, What if the personal were political? No pans, not pots, no whisks and most pressingly, no sieves. I can think of no single writer more pressingly relevant to our understanding of our lives than Shakespeare. For me that's the challenge of the council and its deepest, pressingly pertinent significance. Now at 13 or so I am deeply concerned still about my lack of flat stomach, but more pressingly, my lack of breasts. The concerns centre most pressingly this weekend on the fate of one of the pillars of Scotland's artistic reputation, Scottish Opera. More pressingly, US stocks still look expensive. A clarification of the intent of the GA on this issue is pressingly needed. Even more pressingly, the certiorari jurisdiction can be exercised in cases of error of law on the part of the inferior tribunal. More pressingly, promiscuity has always been a useful tool in shoring up prejudice, whether that be homophobia or gender war. More pressingly though, vampires aren't actually true immortals. I don't use it often, but it's there, if you've something pressingly important that you can't put in one of those e-mails no-one ever sends me… Rhymes blessing, distressing, dressing, Lessing, unprepossessing Definition of pressing in US English: pressing adjectiveˈpresiNGˈprɛsɪŋ 1(of a problem, need, or situation) requiring quick or immediate action or attention. inflation was the most pressing problem he had pressing business in Albany Example sentencesExamples For professionals accustomed to finding quick resolutions to pressing financial challenges, that can be frustrating. Nowadays, Congress desperately needs to turn its attention to the pressing issues of national security and the economy. The media's attention was diverted away from the pressing agenda of how to help the region's poor break the cycle of poverty. The nations of the world, after the first world war, realized the pressing necessity for a world peace organization. He readily conceded that he did not pay attention to less pressing matters during the fall. The principle of proportionality requires the House to consider whether there was a pressing necessity to impose a legal rather than an evidential burden on the accused. Ultimately it is designed to cover up the social causes of crime, to divert attention from the pressing issues of unemployment, homelessness and related social ills. The claimant states that it called evidence which in its view did establish a clear and, if those adjectives are considered appropriate, an immediate and pressing need for such facilities. Throughout the conference, our Cuban colleagues called attention to the pressing need for printed matter - journals and textbooks. In Bollywood though, there is clearly a section of people who are glad he is using his celebrity status to draw attention to a pressing social cause. Those marches benefited from looming battles that trained participants' attention on a pressing matter at hand. After all, there are only two ways to divert the attention of the international community from the more pressing and immediate problems of abject hunger and poverty. Perhaps she isn't the only celebrity distracting the public's attention from the pressing issues at hand. The finance ministers do not have any immediately pressing issues to discuss, unlike at some meetings in the past. Most pertinent among them is the country's economic situation, which has wiped out people's savings and focused their attention on more pressing matters. Moreover, other pressing concerns dominated the attention of the time period. With such a pressing need for quick diagnoses, ‘a rapid, accurate and sensitive pen-side test would be helpful,’ says Bostock. The Government has been accused of targeting the drinks industry unfairly to divert public attention from more pressing issues. To companies facing immediate, pressing storage problems, NAS offers a robust, ready, and reasonably easy solution. Except this was not war, there were no other pressing issues that demanded his immediate attention so he could forget his pain. Synonyms urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, dire, drastic, burning, extreme, life-and-death important, of the utmost importance, high-priority, pivotal, critical, crucial, compelling, demanding, necessary, key, vital 1.1 Expressing something strongly or persistently. a pressing invitation Example sentencesExamples What is needed, as this book shows, is a feeling for the persistence of the past, a pressing curiosity, and a passionate interest in the precise details of place. It is unusual in our time to hear or read someone declare that conscience tells them to change their strongest beliefs and sacrifice their most pressing desires. She says she won't come back to California, nor will she go to France despite a pressing invitation. But the pressing darkness, the incessant bass thumping of her heart… Once you've determined how much to tip, the next pressing question is: when? Synonyms insistent, persistent, determined, resolute, tenacious, obstinate, dogged, unrelenting, importunate nounˈpresiNGˈprɛsɪŋ 1A phonograph record or other object made by the application of force or weight. Example sentencesExamples And I came in with a new Trammps record on a Friday, so I said ‘Dominic, I really got to get some test pressings of this.’ The next stage is the manufacture of machines that Vestex are putting out that will allow people to make their own vinyl pressings. The first 20,000 pressings came with a Star of David pendant. Early pressings of Working for the Man include a second disc of B-sides and rarities that greatly enhances the collection's appeal. All records issued with picture covers unless stated. Test pressings are w/o picture covers unless stated. It's another pressing from the Paramount Trek mold. The sonics, a major improvement over the original harsh and thin-sounding early digital pressings, warrant repurchase for those who love these performances. Floor pressings, suspension units, engines and transmissions were much the same and the maker could ring changes with the bodywork. After scrimping and saving more pennies, we mustered the low budget to get some promotional pressings done. Surman had gathered a few of his mates for a farewell jam session in an East End recording studio, and though a few test pressings were made, the master tapes were lost for over 30 years. 1.1 A series of objects pressed at one time. the first pressing of the live album Example sentencesExamples There are no remixes or bonus tracks with this pressing, just the original 14 tracks. With their self-titled debut CD now in a second pressing, the trio is to hit the stage Saturday and Sunday at Tin Pan Alley as part of Jazz City. This is special for me, as I don't even have pressings of my own back catalogue! First it was with shows, they would pull the plug on me, now the CD duplicator doesn't want to do the second pressing of the album because they think it's too filthy. Davis pieced portions of the album from one-off pressings of records that were never intended for commercial release, individual vinyl postcards and doodles from long ago (hence the title). The ‘cover up’ no doubt resulted in a wave of trade-ins from purchasers of the record's original pressing. A songwriting credit was given to the Motor City Madman in later pressings of the record. One example of this is when I myself purchased a dance record first pressing from the 1990's which was very rare and I got it for £14. To me, these feel definitive, the pressings that these records have always deserved, and it's nice to be able to hear them for the first time again. The first issue of the CDs has now sold out and a second pressing has been undertaken to satisfy the demand. Initial pressings include a limited edition companion disc featuring remixes by Moby and Air, as well as a re-recording of the notorious Hunky Dory outtake ‘Shadowman.’ Instead, some really, really valuable punk records (first pressing of Gary Gilmore's Eyes, for example) were left out for the binmen. After two more pressings, Beulah decided to issue the record with Japanese cover art, most likely because of lead singer Miles Kurosky's stay in Tokyo. 1.2 An act or instance of applying force or weight to something. pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings Example sentencesExamples There can be oil, however, from second or even third pressings of the oil. There was just one mill willing to do custom pressing. Hot isostatic pressing of aluminum castings reduces porosity and can thus decrease the scatter in mechanical properties. Iain describes the scene: the bright, hot estate, the straw hats, the flagons filling while Mestre Alabaça watches his art going forth, not the Mouchão or the Dom Rafael but the traditional pressings, vino currente, the current wine. Another factor in olive oil quality and character is the type of pressing. Alternate drying and pressing until books are thoroughly dry. Most independent labels manufacture about 5,000 to 20,000 units for the first round of pressing. Shiraz grapes ready for the new pressing at Dindiloa Wines. The grape pulp could be subject to a second pressing, or even, after being soaked for a day, a third, to produce a thin drink for slaves. It is the largest single location of pressings and full systems engineering in Europe. There is an association with drunkenness, too, among hundreds of cuckoo-related legends, because it's taken as being the signal for the brewers of apple cider to start drinking the first of last autumn's pressings. While one student feeds the leaves into a pressing machine another presses the pedal. This season we have picked enough for one pressing every week, sometimes two pressings. Because it locks you into a fluid up and down movement, the Smith machine is an excellent tool for overhead pressing. Borage Oil is extracted from the seeds of borage by first cold pressing. While the long-term effects of nightly cornea pressing are unknown, the lenses are considered to be safe.
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