pressing
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- noun
- /ˈprɛsɪŋ/
- Specialized
- The music store received several new pressings of last year's hit album, much to the fans' delight.
Examples
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Music Matters' Blue Note pressings, which blast out of the speakers, are more subdued with the SPU, where the older originals really shine.
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And some artists release vinyl pressings, too.
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There must have been two different pressings of the special edition.
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Subsequent pressings will be standard black.
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In my experience, here are a few vinyl pressings that start to deteriorate after about 10,000.
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Criminally, the songs were split when 'Stay' was released as a single in 1978, with 'The Load-Out' shoved to the flip side on later pressings.
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(The first 1500 LPs will be pressed on limited-edition translucent yellow vinyl; as usual, subsequent pressings will be black.)
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The vinyl records are popular among collectors, and each of the first pressings commands a higher price.
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After a long wait, the label announced that new pressings of the classic album would be available next month.
Synonyms
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1.0
Making another thing that is the same as the first, for example a photo or someone else's answers
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3.9
The act of making a copy of something like a photo or document
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Etymology
Pressing comes from the verb press, which means 'to push', because records and CDs are made by pushing material into a mould in a machine, so a pressing is a copy made by that pushing process.