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

Specializing in Northern and Coastal Mexican cuisine, the kitchen grinds 150 pounds of heritage corn into fresh masa each week, pressing it to order for every tortilla.

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Agricultural producers have been pressing Milei to scrap the export tax.

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Email your pairing conundrums, etiquette queries and other pressing questions on bottles for the holiday table to [email protected].

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The Eaton Fire Survivors Network has led calls for fair compensation from insurance carriers and have been vocal critics of Edison’s settlement offers, recently pressing the company to front $2.4 billion in urgent housing relief.

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He said Lebanon would continue pressing the United Nations and ceasefire guarantors "to ensure a halt to the repeated violations and the implementation of a complete Israeli withdrawal from our lands".

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Related Words

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