English
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-pressing.ogg|Audio (US)
Adjective
en-adj
- Needing urgent attention.
#*1841, w:Charles_Dickens|Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, ch. 75,
#*:�I come on business.�Private,� he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, �and very pressing business.�
- insistent|Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
#*1891, w:Oscar_Wilde|Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 2,
#*:You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
#*1908, w:Joseph_Conrad|Joseph Conrad, "The Duel,"
#*:He was pressing and persuasive.
Noun
en-noun
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- The process of improve|improving the appearance of clothing by removing creases with a press or an iron.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- urgent|Urgent insistence.
Verb
pressing
- present participle of|press
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