English

Etymology 1
Via Middle English from Old French, compare French presse

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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-press.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�s|-�s

Noun
en-noun|es

1. A device used to apply pressure to an item.

#:...a flower press.

1. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers)

#:This article appeared in the press.
#:...according to a member of the press...

1. An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard).

#:Put the cups in the press.

1. General term for a printing machine.

#:Stop the presses!

1. weightlifting An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

Synonyms
(storage space) closet, cupboard, wardrobe (British)
(printing machine) printing press

Derived terms
bench press
fruit press
press-mark
shoulder press
trouser press

Translations
trans-top|device used to apply pressure
Dutch: pers f / m
Galician: t-|gl|prensa|xs=Galician f
German: t+|de|Presse|f
trans-mid
Japanese: �縮� (asshukuki)
Portuguese: t+|pt|prensa|f
Spanish: t-|es|prensa|f
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trans-top|printed media
Czech: t+|cs|tisk|m
Dutch: pers f / m
Finnish: t-|fi|lehdistö
Galician: t-|gl|prensa|xs=Galician f
German: t+|de|Presse|f
trreq|Hebrew
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|stampa|f
Japanese: t-|ja|���|trpuresu|scJpan
Portuguese: t+|pt|imprensa|f
Spanish: t-|es|prensa|f
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trans-top|enclosed storage space
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trans-top|printing machine
Dutch: pers f / m
German: t-|de|Druckerpresse|f
Japanese: ��� (insatsuki)
trans-mid
Portuguese: imprensa f
Spanish: t-|es|prensa|f
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trans-top|exercise
Spanish: t-|es|pres, t-|es|prensa|f
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Etymology 2
Via Middle English from Old French, compare French presser

Verb
en-verb|press|es

1. To apply pressure to an item.

#:Press any key

1. (with "gone"): To indicate that a story is being printed.

#:That story has gone to press.

rfv|In the sentence "That story has gone to press", is not "press" a noun? --User:Daniel Polansky|Daniel Polansky 09:09, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Derived terms
press charges

Translations
trans-top|to apply presure
Arabic: Arab|ضغط IPAchar|(�á�a�a)
Chinese: �, � (y�)
Czech: t-|cs|tisknout, t-|cs|stisknout
Dutch: t+|nl|drukken
Finnish: t+|fi|painaa
French: t+|fr|presser
Galician: t-|gl|prensar|xsGalician, t-|gl|presionar|xsGalician
German: t+|de|drücken
Hungarian: t-|hu|nyomni, t-|hu|megnyomni, t-|hu|benyomni
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|premere
Japanese: �� (��, osu)
Korean: �르� (nureuda)
Portuguese: t-|pt|prensar, t|pt|pressionar
Russian: нажима�� (nažimát�)
Spanish: t-|es|prensar, t-|es|presionar
Swedish: t+|sv|trycka
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trans-top|to indicate that a story is being printed
trans-mid
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Catalan: prémer
ttbc|Dutch: drukken
ttbc|French: appuyer
ttbc|German: drücken, drängen
ttbc|Hungarian: nyom, szorít
trans-mid
ttbc|Japanese: ��(osu) (1)
ttbc|Korean: �르� (nureuda)
ttbc|Kurdish: KUchar|پ��ست�
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See also
hot press (baking, laundry)
hot off the press (printing)
press down

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• 2007-12-30 04:42 - Johnfbremerjr - /* Verb */

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