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–adjective

1.	urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.

–noun

2.	any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.

3.	a number of such records produced at one time: The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME presing (ger.); see press¹, -ing², -ing¹

]

—Related forms

press·ing·ly, adverb

press·ing·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. crucial, vital, critical, imperative.

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press¹ Audio Help   (prěs) Pronunciation Key
v.   pressed, press·ing, press·es

v.   tr.

To exert steady weight or force against; bear down on.
1. To squeeze the juice or other contents from.
2. To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
3. To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress.
4. To iron (clothing, for example).
1. To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress.
2. To iron (clothing, for example).
To clasp in fondness or politeness.
To try to influence, as by insistent arguments; importune or entreat: He pressed her for a reply.
To urge or force to action; impel.
To place in trying or distressing circumstances; harass or oppress.
To move (keys on a computer keyboard, for example) by applying pressure.
To lay stress on; emphasize.
To advance or carry on vigorously: "Far from backing down, he pressed the attack" (Justin Kaplan).
To put forward importunately or insistently: press an argument.
To make (a phonograph record or videodisc) from a mold or matrix.
Sports To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.

v. intr.

To exert force or pressure.
To weigh heavily, as on the mind.
To advance eagerly; push forward.
To require haste; be urgent.
To iron clothes or other material.
To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd.
To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty.
Sports To raise or lift a weight in a press.
Basketball To employ a press.

Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure.
Any of various machines used for printing; a printing press.
A place or establishment where matter is printed.
The art, method, or business of printing.
1. The collecting and publishing or broadcasting of news; journalism in general.
2. The entirety of media and agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast the news.
3. The people involved in the media, as news reporters, photographers, publishers, and broadcasters.
4. Commentary or coverage especially in print media: "Like the pool hall and the tattoo parlor, the motorcycle usually gets a bad press" (R.Z. Sheppard).
5. The act of applying pressure.
6. The state of being pressed.
The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward.
A large gathering; a throng. See Synonyms at crowd¹.
1. The act of applying pressure.
2. The state of being pressed.
The haste or urgency of business or matters.
The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.
Chiefly Northeastern U.S. An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.
A viselike device for keeping a racket from warping.
Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.
Basketball An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.

[Middle English pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere, to press; see per-⁴ in Indo-European roots.]

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press² Audio Help (prěs) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. pressed, press·ing, press·es

To force into service in the army or navy; impress.
1. To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.
2. To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.

Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.
Obsolete An official warrant for impressing men into military service.

[Alteration of obsolete prest, to hire for military service by advance payment, from Middle English, enlistment money, loan, from Old French, from prester, to lend, from Medieval Latin praestāre, from Latin, to furnish, from praestō, present, at hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots.]

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press·ing Audio Help (prěs'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Demanding immediate attention; urgent: a pressing need. See Synonyms at urgent.
Very earnest or persistent; insistent: a pressing invitation.

The process or an instance of applying pressure by means of a press.
1. A phonograph record pressed from a master mold or matrix.
2. A number of recordings pressed at the same time.
Urgent solicitation; insistence.

press'ing·ly adv.

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pressing
adjective
1.	compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words 'Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
noun
1.	the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button" [syn: press]
2.	a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

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ˈpressing adjective

urgent
Example: a pressing invitation

Arabic:	ضاغِط، حثيث
Chinese (Simplified):	紧迫的
Chinese (Traditional):	緊迫的
Czech:	naléhavý
Danish:	presserende
Dutch:	dringend
Estonian:	pakiline
Finnish:	kiireellinen
French:	urgent, pressant
German:	dringend
Greek:	επείγων, πιεστικός
Hungarian:	sürgős
Icelandic:	áríðandi
Indonesian:	mendesak
Italian:	urgente, pressante

Japanese:	せつなる
Korean:	긴급한
Latvian:	steidzams; neatliekams
Lithuanian:	skubus
Norwegian:	presserende
Polish:	pilny
Portuguese (Brazil):	urgente
Portuguese (Portugal):	urgente
Romanian:	urgent, presant
Russian:	срочный; настойчивый
Slovak:	naliehavý
Slovenian:	nujen
Spanish:	urgente, apremiante
Swedish:	angelägen, brådskande
Turkish:	acele, ivedi

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Pressing

Press\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.]

1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd.

Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. --Luke vi. 38.

2. To squeeze, in order to extract the juice or contents of; to squeeze out, or express, from something.

From sweet kernels pressed, She tempers dulcet creams. --Milton.

And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. --Gen. xl. 11.

3. To squeeze in or with suitable instruments or apparatus, in order to compact, make dense, or smooth; as, to press cotton bales, paper, etc.; to smooth by ironing; as, to press clothes.

4. To embrace closely; to hug.

Leucothoe shook at these alarms, And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. --Pope.

5. To oppress; to bear hard upon.

Press not a falling man too far. --Shak.

6. To straiten; to distress; as, to be pressed with want or hunger.

7. To exercise very powerful or irresistible influence upon or over; to constrain; to force; to compel.

Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. --Acts xviii. 5.

8. To try to force (something upon some one); to urge or inculcate with earnestness or importunity; to enforce; as, to press divine truth on an audience.

He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. --Dryden.

Be sure to press upon him every motive. --Addison.

9. To drive with violence; to hurry; to urge on; to ply hard; as, to press a horse in a race.

The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. --Esther viii. 14.

Note: Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.

Pressed brick. See under Brick.

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