pushing

[poosh-ing]

adjective

1. that pushes.

2. enterprising; energetic.

   Synonyms: ambitious

3. tactlessly or officiously aggressive; forward; intrusive.

   Synonyms: offensive

pushing

/ ˈpʊʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. enterprising, resourceful, or aggressively ambitious

2. impertinently self-assertive

adverb

1. almost or nearly (a certain age, speed, etc)

   pushing fifty

Other Word Forms

• pushingly adverb
• pushingness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of pushing¹

First recorded in 1520–30; push + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Some employees who were casual fans and had visited Claude started pushing for him to become an unofficial mascot.

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Employers pushing higher attendance can expect more scofflaws.

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The EU executive is also pushing a so-called “AI first” policy to encourage more companies to adopt AI to solve problems.

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Those factors buoyed gold, perhaps the original refuge from market tumult, pushing most-actively traded futures past $3,000 a troy ounce in March for the first time.

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Traders have snapped up gold since Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled in August that the central bank would begin cutting interest rates despite low unemployment and above-target inflation, pushing prices to records.

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