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

Washington has been pressing Kyiv to quickly accept the plan, and sent senior Pentagon officials to the Ukrainian capital on Thursday.

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Teams have made things harder for Liverpool by pressing in a manner that cuts off the left side of the pitch, again forcing Liverpool down their right.

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Israel said Khan may have sought to issue the warrants to discourage his accuser from pressing her allegations, citing reporting in The Wall Street Journal.

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There’s no breeze down here—just stagnant humidity, pressing down on us.

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Or, like Edward Ashton, had they concealed themselves for some pressing reason that was, as yet, unknown?

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Related Words

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