to pressure
224
4.2
- verb
- /ˈprɛʃər/
- Did your friends pressure you to stay out late last night?
- pressure the government
- publicly pressure
- an effort to pressure
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Watch on YouTubeAnd that was sort of a way to try and pressure the board to give answers.
- And that was sort of a way to try and pressure the board to give answers.
- That is to pressure the Republicans to pass the bill.
- Well, Dale, I'm not going to pressure you to talk about it.
- Why was Trump pressuring the Trump administration, pressuring Romania?
- So there's a lot of reasons why he wouldn't want to be like pressured into sex.
- Hey Dem, no one should pressure you in anything.
- It makes you it makes you keep pressuring to create something good.
- But small, quiet acts of pressuring against this.
- I mean, what makes him decide to pressure to press M?
- And you said earlier that it's a good idea to kind of press pressure them to pay.
Examples
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I felt pressured by my parents to get here.
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So far, the international community has proved unwilling to pressure the Palestinians on this point.
Academic text (2011) -
Did your older friends pressure you?
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And that was sort of a way to try and pressure the board to give answers.
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Did he pressure you into joining?
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That is to pressure the Republicans to pass the bill.
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I hope I didn't pressure you in the past.
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Did any of them pressure you into doing stuff that you didn't want to do?
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The international community must pressure the Afghan government to crack down on corruption and develop robust political parties.
Academic text (2011) -
In the early 1990s, it had torn up purchasing contracts and begun pressuring vendors for better deals.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To force someone to do something
∞
2.3
To make someone do something by using power or pressure
∞
3.6
To cause someone to want to do something strongly
∞
2.7
Make someone believe something is true or agree to do something
611
1.1
To urge someone to do something or try harder
514
3.2
To strongly encourage someone to do something
359
2.7
To make someone agree or do something by giving reasons
337
3.9
Ask someone firmly and repeatedly to do something
247
4.8
Force someone to do something or make them feel they must
201
5.5
To force someone to accept something or to ask too much of them
126
4.8
Force someone to accept something they do not want
104
4.8
To force someone to do something or give you something
80
6.4
Force someone to do something by threats
30
4.1
To gently encourage someone to try something new
30
4.9
Persuade someone to do something
28
3.6
To push someone a little to make them start doing something
21
6.9
To urge someone to act by annoying or teasing them
18
7.7
To persuade someone to do something by gentle talk and praise
11
7.1
Persuade someone to do what you want
10
8.1
Make someone do what they promised or take responsibility by pressuring them
10
4.4
Get someone to agree or do something by pressuring them
9
7.2
To make someone feel they must do something, often because of pressure or need
6
6.7
To persuade someone to do something after repeated effort
5
7.0
To make someone accept ideas they do not want
4
8.3
Make someone accept ideas or opinions they do not want by pressuring them
4
7.7
To persuade someone who does not want to do something to do it
3
6.0
To use influence to persuade someone to do something
2
3.9
To try to make someone change what they do by making them feel more stress
2
7.9
Talk strongly to someone to try to persuade them
1
4.4
To give someone more stress to make them change their mind
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
2
3.9
To try to make someone change what they do by making them feel more stress
- Informal
2
7.0
Perform badly because of nervousness in an important situation
Compounds
- Specialized
54
2.8
A condition in which blood pushes too hard against vessel walls and increases health risks
9
3.3
A sealed pot that cooks food quickly using hot steam or a situation where people feel very stressed
8
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
1
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
How Forceful
- Offensive
80
6.4
∞
2.3
224
4.2
359
2.7
877
2.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pressure comes from the root press, which means 'to push' or 'to squeeze'. To pressure someone is to 'push' or try to force them to do something.