pressing

[ pres-ing ]
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adjective
  1. urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.

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

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

Origin of pressing

1
1300–50; Middle English presing (gerund); see press1, -ing2, -ing1

Other words for pressing

Other words from pressing

  • press·ing·ly, adverb
  • press·ing·ness, noun
  • non·press·ing, adjective

Words Nearby pressing

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How to use pressing in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for pressing

pressing

/ (ˈprɛsɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. demanding immediate attention

  2. persistent or importunate

noun
  1. a large specified number of gramophone records produced at one time from a master record

  2. a component formed in a press

  1. 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

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