to press
285
3.9
- verb
- /prɛs/
:
presionar
- We say, let's press this a little further.
- press the issue
- press for an explanation
- press for rights
We say, let's press this a little further.
- We say, let's press this a little further.
- And, and we, we keep sort of pressing these demands on, on the cats.
- And you said earlier that it's a good idea to kind of press pressure them to pay.
Examples
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During the meeting, she began to press for a more inclusive policy on diversity.
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This encouraged me to press my case harder.
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We must press for a quick engagement.
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And more than that, he pressed the issue over and over again.
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Towards this end, liberals continued to press for the institution of earlier Bolivarian legislation.
Academic text (1990) -
For years, Rudy Giuliani had pressed for mayoral control but was denied it.
Academic text (2011) -
The volunteers decided to press local officials to take action on climate change.
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The teacher had to press the students to complete their assignments on time.
Synonyms
∞
3.6
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
958
1.1
To urge someone to do something or try harder
943
2.7
To ask for something in a strong, urgent way
591
3.2
To strongly encourage someone to do something
344
3.9
To work in a planned way to win support or votes
192
3.8
Talk to people to persuade them to support a cause
149
4.2
To try to make someone do something
61
3.5
To make a written request to an official, often signed by many people
51
6.1
To shout loudly to demand something, often with other people
48
6.8
To ask people for something, often in a formal or persistent way
47
8.2
To ask someone earnestly for something
40
5.3
To ask someone very seriously to do or not do something
28
3.5
To tell someone politely or formally to do something
24
4.1
To gently encourage someone to try something new
23
6.7
To persuade someone to do something after repeated effort
16
7.7
To strongly encourage someone to do something
15
7.7
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
12
8.1
Ask someone in a serious, emotional way to do something
11
5.6
To try to make political or social change
8
3.6
To push someone a little to make them start doing something
8
6.8
To campaign strongly for a cause over a long time
5
3.4
To encourage someone to go faster or try harder
4
7.2
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
1
6.0
To use influence to persuade someone to do something
1
4.4
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
1
9.9
To urge someone very seriously or formally, often under oath, to do something
1
7.9
Talk strongly to someone to try to persuade them
Encourage someone gently to start doing something
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Literature
392
3.1
A meeting where a famous person answers questions from reporters
- Literature
43
3.4
A group of reporters from different media who cover the same event or place
- Literature
22
3.0
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Formal
15
3.2
The right of newspapers and journalists to report news without government control
- Literature
9
3.1
An area in a stadium or arena where reporters and broadcasters sit to report the game
6
3.7
A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person
4
3.0
An exercise where a person lies on their back on a bench and pushes weight up from the chest
- Informal
2
5.1
A strong, aggressive effort to reach a goal quickly, often to win support
- Literature
1
4.0
A group that collects news and sends it to newspapers, TV, and websites
- Literature
1
5.3
An area in a government hall where reporters sit to watch and report debates
- Jargon
1
8.2
A business that prints books for authors who pay, often with little editing
- Offensive
1
8.1
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
- Literature
1
3.9
An organization that gathers and sends news to newspapers and other media
- Archaic
A printing machine where a cylinder rolls paper over a flat bed of letters to copy text
- Specialized
A machine that presses cardboard or plastic into compact bundles for easier handling and transport
- Formal
Military officers check journalists' reports in war zones to keep information secret
- Specialized
A machine that removes solids from liquids by pushing the liquid through cloth over frames
- Specialized
A machine that prints by pressing paper onto a flat surface with a roller
A weight exercise where you lift a bar with weights from shoulder height straight overhead to work the shoulders
- Specialized
An exercise pressing a barbell or dumbbells up on a sloping bench to work the upper chest
- Specialized
A machine that makes many copies by moving ink from a plate to rubber then to paper
- Specialized
A gym exercise that lifts a weight from the shoulder to above the head until the arms are straight
- Specialized
A machine that uses flat plates and frames to separate solids from liquids
- Specialized
A machine with plates and frames that separates solids from liquids in factories
- Literature
Announcing official decisions to the public by press release before any internal discussion
- Archaic
The most sail a ship can carry safely without turning over or being damaged
- Specialized
A large sheet of paper printed with many pages before cutting or folding
- UK
An exercise where you lie on your stomach and push your body up and down with your arms
- Literature
Announcing scientific results to the public before other scientists check them
- Specialized
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
- Literature
Newspapers that print shocking and often untrue stories to get more readers
How Insistent
943
2.7
∞
2.8
285
3.9
591
3.2
∞
2.3
∞
1.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Press (to urge) comes from the idea of pushing from the old Latin premere 'to push', so to press someone is to push them with words or constant requests until they act.