pressing

[pres-ing]

adjective

1. urgent; demanding immediate attention.

   a pressing need.

   Synonyms: imperative, critical, vital, crucial

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.

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

3. football the tactic of trying to stay very close to the opposition when they are in possession of the ball

Other Word Forms

• pressingly adverb
• pressingness noun
• nonpressing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of pressing¹

1300–50; Middle English presing (gerund); press ¹, -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

“We all know we were kind of pressing as a group in the first two games and wanting to win so bad.”

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As the episode drew to a close, the most pressing question was which star would be murdered by Carr in plain sight.

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He said that as well as not wanting fresh elections, most MPs also recognised the pressing need to pass a budget by the end of the year.

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"I am pressing government for action, including new powers for the police to stop anyone under 18 carrying a catapult without good reason and to confiscate it," he said.

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Republicans are pressing for a "clean" funding bill.

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Related Words

• acute 
• compelling 
• critical 
• crucial 
• demanding 
• dire 
• immediate 
• imperative 
• insistent 
• serious 
• vital