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pressing [ pres -ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈprɛs ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective
urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need.
noun
any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper. a number of such records produced at one time: The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.
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Origin of pressing 1300–50; Middle English
presing (gerund); see
press1 ,
-ing2 ,
-ing1
OTHER WORDS FROM pressing press·ing·ly, adverb press·ing·ness, noun non·press·ing, adjective
Words nearby pressing press fastener ,
press fit ,
press gallery ,
press gang ,
pressie ,
pressing ,
pressing plant ,
press into service ,
press kit ,
press lord ,
pressman
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Words related to pressing acute ,
compelling ,
critical ,
crucial ,
demanding ,
dire ,
immediate ,
imperative ,
insistent ,
serious ,
vital ,
burning ,
claiming ,
constraining ,
crying ,
distressing ,
exacting ,
forcing ,
instant ,
obliging
How to use pressing in a sentence Then again, poetry is probably not the most pressing business case for Primer’s products.
It’s a goal that might take a backseat to more pressing concerns in the short term.
We are failing to collectively understand what our most critical and pressing problems actually are.
Still, perhaps the most pressing issue is that no one knows where the ROS are coming from, and why they accrue in the gut.
Over the past several weeks, we have focused our episodes on some of the most pressing and most concrete problems of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the dinner pressing in on him, very little work is getting done.
Pressing the dodge button at the right time causes her to temporarily burst into an invincible flock of crows.
The coroner said the call had been "clearly pressing on her mind" but that she had had "appropriate" support from the hospital.
It's not a problem not most of us have, but for those who do, it's a pressing social issue.
Though he was concerned about politics and the environment, he was open in his views, always pressing for spiritual solutions.
His strong hands lay palm downwards on the arms of his chair, pressing them hard.
But sharper and closer anxieties than any connected with rights to lands and homes were pressing upon Alessandro and Ramona.
Under the pressing circumstances the military authorities pretended to be doing something there, and sent up a commission.
But I can assure your Majesty with entire truth that the need of your treasury is so pressing now that it is incomparable.
Foot by foot the Federals dragged themselves forward, slowly pressing the guerrillas back.
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British Dictionary definitions for pressing
adjective
demanding immediate attention
persistent or importunate
noun
a large specified number of gramophone records produced at one time from a master record
a component formed in a press
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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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