pressure
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3.1
- noun
- /ˈprɛʃər/
- Kids are putting so much pressure on themselves to do well.
- feel pressure
- time pressure
- peer pressure
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Watch on YouTubeIt's just like the pressure is too much for me.
- It's just like the pressure is too much for me.
- I've always felt so much pressure to get it right.
- That's kind of where I've seen the main pressure that people are carrying.
- And under the pressure, we had to think.
- But once you sell something, now there's the pressure to do it again, right.
- How does pressure or perceived pressure impact attention?
- It's understanding where the pressures to rush come from.
- And so there's, there's constantly this pressure to write the commercial script.
- And so that is a massive pressure cooker of stress.
- Because I just need to get out of that pressure keg of football.
- Again, massive pressure, but it does a great job.
- I know a lot of people bold under pressure, but not me.
Examples
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You get the sense of how much pressure was on this.
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There's an awful lot of pressure on their shoulders.
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This is a lot of pressure, all right.
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Again, massive pressure, but it does a great job.
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Yeah, I have felt pressure to marry at a certain age.
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I have a lot of pressure on me.
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Yet on his face, we see the extraordinary pressure to make this promise a reality.
Fiction book (1992) -
Do all of our young music students experience these pressures at the same levels?
Academic text (2008) -
There's going to be a lot of pressure coming down on this one.
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Students often feel a lot of pressure to achieve high grades during exam season.
Synonyms
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2.8
A feeling of pressure and worry because of difficult situations
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3.4
A heavy load or something that causes worry and difficulty
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2.7
Feeling worried and unable to relax because of pressure
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4.2
A strong mental feeling of pressure or burden
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4.1
A heavy burden of worry or responsibility
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3.3
A state of worry or nervousness caused by difficult situations
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4.5
A time when people have little money and life is hard
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2.8
People feel very tense and worried because many difficult things are happening
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2.8
Have strong worry and tension when under a lot of pressure from work or exams
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7.4
Feeling strong pressure to finish something because of a deadline
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4.9
A heavy feeling of pressure because you have important duties
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4.2
A strong, repeated request that makes people act
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5.1
A feeling of worry and tiredness after thinking for a long time
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Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.8
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
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3.3
A sealed pot that cooks food quickly using hot steam or a situation where people feel very stressed
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4.1
A group that tries to change government decisions to help a cause or its members
- Specialized
5
7.3
A protective suit filled with air that keeps normal air pressure around the body in space or high altitudes
- Specialized
3
3.8
A device that measures how hard a gas or liquid pushes inside a system
- Specialized
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6.1
Pressure that stops water from moving into a solution through a membrane
- Specialized
1
4.2
A device that senses weight when someone steps on it and makes something happen
- Specialized
1
4.6
A damaged area of skin that appears when constant weight on it keeps blood from reaching it
- Specialized
1
4.6
Pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between beats, usually the lower blood pressure number
- Specialized
1
3.6
A unit that shows how much force presses on an area, like pascal or psi
- Specialized
1
7.1
A very small push that light gives to a surface when it hits it
- Specialized
1
5.6
Air pressure inside a sealed space like an airplane cabin that keeps people safe
- Specialized
1
4.4
The pressure at sea level used as a reference equal to a 760 mm column of mercury at zero Celsius
- Specialized
1
5.1
Extra pressure in the air caused by a sound wave that we can measure
- Specialized
1
4.0
A part of a plane or spacecraft kept with extra air so people can breathe normally
- Archaic
A very small push on a surface caused by particles in a beam of light
- Specialized
A force from sound waves that pushes on a surface in the way the waves move
- Specialized
A system where a pump pushes oil under pressure to engine bearings to stop metal parts rubbing
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Morphology
Etymology
Pressure comes from the root press, which means 'to push' or 'to squeeze'. So when people say they feel pressure, it is like being 'squeezed' by many demands or stress.