press
- noun
- /prɛs/
- The health program explores the pressing issues that confront our youth on a daily basis.
- pressing issues
- a pressing need
- a pressing problem
Examples
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But the most important and pressing issues were laws concerning education.
Academic text (1991) -
Rachel needed to focus on something even more pressing than her marriage.
Fiction book (1998) -
Five days is too short, and we go to press in 11.
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The press was against us.
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So this is the panel on press freedom as a human right.
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Teaching government, civics, and history is becoming a more pressing need than before.
Academic text (2011) -
But there is another even more pressing reason not to be too sanguine, or sanguine in the least.
Academic text (1998) -
The committee is addressing the pressing need for improved healthcare services in the community.
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During the meeting, she highlighted the pressing issues that required immediate attention from the board.
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Many students expressed their concerns about the pressing demands of their coursework and exams.
Synonyms
A strong feeling of stress from difficult demands
A situation that needs attention right away because it is very important
Asking or saying something firmly and not giving up
An urgent situation that needs action right away
A strong need for attention right now
An urgent need that requires action right now
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A meeting where a famous person answers questions from reporters
- Literature
A group of reporters from different media who cover the same event or place
- Literature
News media that report independently and are not controlled by the government
- Formal
The right of newspapers and journalists to report news without government control
- Literature
An area in a stadium or arena where reporters and broadcasters sit to report the game
A person who works to get news and attention for a company, group, or famous person
An exercise where a person lies on their back on a bench and pushes weight up from the chest
- Informal
A strong, aggressive effort to reach a goal quickly, often to win support
- Literature
A group that collects news and sends it to newspapers, TV, and websites
- Literature
An area in a government hall where reporters sit to watch and report debates
- Jargon
A business that prints books for authors who pay, often with little editing
- Offensive
Newspapers or magazines that print scandal stories and invade people's privacy to sell more copies
- Literature
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 Urgent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Press (a state of demand) comes from the idea of pressure or people pushing on you, so the 'press' of shoppers or work is the feeling of being crowded or urgently pushed by many needs.