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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024press•ing /ˈprɛsɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - urgent;
needing attention:a pressing need for food supplies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024press•ing (pres′ing),USA pronunciation adj. - urgent;
demanding immediate attention:a pressing need. n. - Sound Reproductionany phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
- Sound Reproductiona number of such records produced at one time:The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.
- 1300–50; Middle English presing (gerund, gerundive); see press1, -ing2, -ing1
press′ing•ly, adv. press′ing•ness, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged crucial, vital, critical, imperative.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: pressing /ˈprɛsɪŋ/ adj - demanding immediate attention
- persistent or importunate
n - a large specified number of gramophone records produced at one time from a master record
- the tactic of trying to stay very close to the opposition when they are in possession of the ball
ˈpressingly adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024press1 /prɛs/USA pronunciation v. - to act upon or move (something) with steady force;
to push: [~ + object]He pressed the gas pedal and the car shot forward.[no object]He pressed on the gas pedal but nothing happened. - to put pressure on (something), esp. so as to change shape or size: [~ + object]He pressed the clay into a ball.[no object]She pressed down on the dough.
- to hold closely, as in an embrace;
clasp:[~ + object]She pressed my hand when we were introduced. - to flatten or make smooth, esp. by ironing:[~ + object]He pressed his jacket and slacks.
- to squeeze out juice or the insides of (something, as grapes) by pressure:[~ + object]pressed the grapes to produce wine.
- to squeeze out (juice):[~ + object]They pressed enough juice to make fifteen gallons of wine.
- to bother, annoy, or harass;
keep bothering: [~ + object]Don't press your kids so hard; they'll do better if you just leave them alone.[no object]The media kept pressing for an explanation. - to cause trouble, worry, or strain;
oppress: [~ + object; often: be + ~-ed + for]Poverty presses people down. She's pressed for funds right now.[no object]The pressure is pressing down on him. - to emphasize with force or persuasion:[~ + object]pressed his own ideas about school reform on the community.
- Sport to raise or lift, esp. a specified amount of weight, in the sport of weightlifting:[~ + object]He pressed five hundred pounds.
- to (cause to) push forward: [no object]The army pressed on.[~ + object]He pressed the car ahead.
- to crowd around someone;
throng:[no object]The crowd pressed in on him. n. - an act of pressing:[countable]two or three presses on the doorbell.
- printing press.
- printed publications or news organizations thought of as a group [usually: the + ~][uncountable]"I'm from the press, let me in,'' he demanded.[a + ~]A free press is essential to a democracy.
- a group of people from the news media, as reporters and photographers:[plural* used with a plural verb;usually: the + ~]The press in the second campaign plane were angry when their plane couldn't land.
- the commentary, criticism, or opinion about a person, etc., carried in newspapers and other media: [countable; usually singular: a + ~]The movie received a good press.[uncountable]During the war the general received fairly good press.
- Printing an establishment for printing books, magazines, etc.:[countable]the University of Illinois Press.
- Mechanical Engineering any of various devices or machines for squeezing, stamping, or crushing:[countable]a wine press.
- a crowding, thronging, or pressing together:[countable* singular]the press of the crowd.
- urgency, as of affairs or business:[uncountable]the dizzying press of business the first week of a sale.
- Sport a lift in which a barbell is pushed up from chest level with the arms straight up, without moving the legs or feet:[countable]a clean press of over 500 pounds.
Idioms- Printing, Idioms go to press, to begin being printed:By the time the newspaper went to press, the last game wasn't over yet.
press•er, n. [countable]See -press-.press2 /prɛs/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to force into service, esp. military service.
- to make use of (something) in a manner different from that intended:A bus was pressed into service as an ambulance.
-press-, root. - -press- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "squeeze;
press (down).'' This meaning is found in such words as: compress, compression, decompression, depress, depression, express, impress, impression, impressive, inexpressible, irrepressible, oppress, press, pressure, repress, suppress.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024press1 (pres),USA pronunciation v.t. - to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
- to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position:The crowd pressed him into a corner.
- to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size:He pressed the clay into a ball.
- to weigh heavily upon;
subject to pressure. - to hold closely, as in an embrace;
clasp:He pressed her in his arms. - to flatten or make smooth, esp. by ironing:to press clothes; to press flowers in the leaves of a book.
- to extract juice, sugar, etc., from by pressure:to press grapes.
- to squeeze out or express, as juice:to press the juice from grapes.
- to beset or harass;
afflict:He was pressed by problems on all sides. - to trouble or oppress;
put into a difficult position, as by depriving:Poverty pressed them hard. - to urge or entreat strongly or insistently:to press for payment of a debt; to press for an answer.
- to emphasize or propound forcefully;
insist upon:He pressed his own ideas on us. - to plead with insistence:to press a claim.
- to urge onward;
hasten:He pressed his horse to go faster. - to push forward.
v.i. - Sound Reproductionto manufacture (phonograph records, videodiscs, or the like), esp. by stamping from a mold or matrix.
- to exert weight, force, or pressure.
- Sport[WeightLifting.]to raise or lift, esp. a specified amount of weight, in a press.
- to iron clothing, curtains, etc.
- to bear heavily, as upon the mind.
- Sport(of athletes and competitors) to perform tensely or overanxiously, as when one feels pressured or is determined to break out of a slump;
strain because of frustration:For days he hasn't seemed able to buy a hit, and he's been pressing. - to compel haste:Time presses.
- to demand immediate attention.
- to use urgent entreaty:to press for an answer.
- to push forward or advance with force, eagerness, or haste:The army pressed to reach the river by dawn.
- to crowd or throng.
- Sport[Basketball.]to employ a press.
- Idioms press the flesh, [Informal.]See flesh (def. 15).
n. - an act of pressing;
pressure. - the state of being pressed.
- printed publications collectively, esp. newspapers and periodicals.
- all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news, including newspapers, newsmagazines, radio and television news bureaus, and wire services.
- the editorial employees, taken collectively, of these media and agencies.
- (often used with a pl. v.) a group of news reporters, or of news reporters and news photographers:The press are in the outer office, waiting for a statement.
- the consensus of the general critical commentary or the amount of coverage accorded a person, thing, or event, esp. in newspapers and periodicals (often prec. by good or bad):The play received a good press. The minister's visit got a bad press.
- PrintingSee printing press.
- Printingan establishment for printing books, magazines, etc.
- Printingthe process or art of printing.
- Mechanical Engineeringany of various devices or machines for exerting pressure, stamping, or crushing.
- a wooden or metal viselike device for preventing a tennis or other racket from warping when not in use.
- a pressing or pushing forward.
- a crowding, thronging, or pressing together;
collective force:The press of the crowd drove them on. - a crowd, throng, or multitude.
- the desired smooth or creased effect caused by ironing or pressing:His suit was out of press.
- pressure or urgency, as of affairs or business.
- Furniturean upright case or other piece of furniture for holding clothes, books, pamphlets, etc.
- Sport[Basketball.]an aggressive form of defense in which players guard opponents very closely.
- Sport[Weightlifting.]a lift in which the barbell, after having been lifted from the ground up to chest level, is pushed to a position overhead with the arms extended straight up, without moving the legs or feet.
- Printing, Idioms go to press, to begin being printed:The last edition has gone to press.
- Latin pressāre, as above
- Old French presser)
- Medieval Latin pressa, noun, nominal use of feminine of pressus); (verb, verbal) Middle English pressen (
- Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere (past participle pressus) to press (compare rare Old English press clothespress
- Old French, derivative of presser to press
- (noun, nominal) Middle English press(e) throng, company, trouble, machine for pressing, clothespress 1175–1225
press′a•ble, adj. - 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged annoy, worry, torment, assail, besiege.
- 11.See corresponding entry in Unabridged induce, persuade, beg, implore.
press2 (pres),USA pronunciation v.t. - to force into service, esp. naval or military service;
impress. - to make use of in a manner different from that intended or desired:French taxis were pressed into service as troop transports.
n. - impressment into service, esp. naval or military service.
- back formation from prest, past participle of obsolete prest to take (men) for military service, verb, verbal use of prest2 in sense "enlistment money'' 1535–45
Press (pres),USA pronunciation n. - a male given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: press /prɛs/ vb - to apply or exert weight, force, or steady pressure on: he pressed the button on the camera
- (transitive) to squeeze or compress so as to alter in shape or form
- to apply heat or pressure to (clothing) so as to smooth out or mark with creases; iron
- to make (objects) from soft material by pressing with a mould, form, etc, esp to make gramophone records from plastic
- (transitive) to hold tightly or clasp, as in an embrace
- (transitive) to extract or force out (juice) by pressure (from)
- (transitive) to force, constrain, or compel
- to importune or entreat (a person) insistently; urge: they pressed for an answer
- to harass or cause harassment
- (transitive) to plead or put forward strongly or importunately: to press a claim
- (intransitive) to be urgent
- (tr; usually passive) to have little of: we're hard pressed for time
- when intr, often followed by on or forward: to hasten or advance or cause to hasten or advance in a forceful manner
- (intransitive) to crowd; throng; push
- (transitive) archaic to trouble or oppress
n - any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed
- See printing press
- the art or process of printing
- to press, to the press ⇒ to be printed: when is this book going to press?
- the press ⇒ news media and agencies collectively, esp newspapers
- (as modifier): a press matter, press relations
- the opinions and reviews in the newspapers, etc: the play received a poor press
- the act of pressing or state of being pressed
- the act of crowding, thronging, or pushing together
- a closely packed throng of people; crowd; multitude
- a cupboard, esp a large one used for storing clothes or linen
- a wood or metal clamp or vice to prevent tennis rackets, etc, from warping when not in use
- a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head
Etymology: 14th Century pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to press press /prɛs/ vb (transitive)- to recruit (men) by forcible measures for military service
- to use for a purpose other than intended, (esp in the phrase press into service)
n - recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from prest to recruit soldiers; see prest²; also influenced by press1 |