pressing

Meaning

Adj

1. Needing urgent attention.
2. Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

Noun

1. The application of pressure by a press or other means.
2. A metal or plastic part made with a press.
3. The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
4. A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
5. The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
6. A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
7. Urgent insistence.

Verb

present participle and gerund of press

Synonyms

urgent

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compelling

pressure

squeezing

importunate

pushing

compression

imminent

crushing

hasty

serious

impending

severe

instant

press

ironing

acute

burning

earnest

impelling

burdensome

emergent

exigent

stamping

critical

‼️

urgency

urging

crucial

forcing

coercive

grip

investigation

keystroke

modeling

obstinate

obtrusive

pestering

prompt

punching

push

quash

questioning

rapid

rush

rushing

shrinkage

special

squeezing out

thronging

topical

in tears

constringency

weight

ending quickly

not suffering delay

not to be deferred

hurry-up

bending

breaking

briquetting

busy

chastising

clutch

collecting

compressing

compulsion

compulsive

constriction

contraction

cramming

crying

cumbersome

cumbrous

embracing

emergency

extrude

firm

grasp

grinding

hurried

immediate

impeding

impetuous

imposition

impressing

insistent

insisting

Translations

pressant

urgent

‼️

spoedeisend

‼️

dringend

‼️

impérieux

dringend

urgente

‼️

Pressen

brandend

apremiante

‼️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/