Pressing
adjective
Something that is very urgent and important.
We have some pressing matters to discuss in the meeting.
Often appears as...
- pressing issue
- pressing matters
noun
The process of applying pressure to something, especially to flatten or shape it.
The pressing of grapes to make wine.
Often appears as...
- flower pressing
- grape pressing
verb
To push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away.
She pressed the button to call the elevator.
Often appears as...
- press the button
- press the accelerator
noun
An attempt to make someone do something by arguing or asking them a lot.
After a lot of pressing, she finally agreed to go.
Often appears as...
- pressing for answers
- pressing someone into service
adjective
Something that is very urgent and important.
We have some pressing matters to discuss in the meeting.
Often appears as...
- pressing issue
- pressing matters
noun
The process of applying pressure to something, especially to flatten or shape it.
The pressing of grapes to make wine.
Often appears as...
- flower pressing
- grape pressing
verb
To push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away.
She pressed the button to call the elevator.
Often appears as...
- press the button
- press the accelerator
noun
An attempt to make someone do something by arguing or asking them a lot.
After a lot of pressing, she finally agreed to go.
Often appears as...
- pressing for answers
- pressing someone into service
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Context
Use 'pressing' in situations that require immediate attention or action.
The pressing nature of the leak demands instant repairs.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Importance
'Pressing' implies that the matter is not only urgent but also of high significance.
Addressing climate change is a pressing concern for all nations.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Urgency
What is 'pressing' can be subjective; it depends on who is affected and their priorities.
For the villagers, finding clean water is more pressing than anything else.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Context
Use 'pressing' in situations that require immediate attention or action.
The pressing nature of the leak demands instant repairs.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Importance
'Pressing' implies that the matter is not only urgent but also of high significance.
Addressing climate change is a pressing concern for all nations.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Urgency
What is 'pressing' can be subjective; it depends on who is affected and their priorities.
For the villagers, finding clean water is more pressing than anything else.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Context
Use 'pressing' in situations that require immediate attention or action.
The pressing nature of the leak demands instant repairs.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Importance
'Pressing' implies that the matter is not only urgent but also of high significance.
Addressing climate change is a pressing concern for all nations.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Urgency
What is 'pressing' can be subjective; it depends on who is affected and their priorities.
For the villagers, finding clean water is more pressing than anything else.
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3 ways to make better...
by how recently they were used, and you can probably quickly find what you're looking for by starting at the top of the pile. Organizing your wardrobe or your desk are probably not the most pressing problems in your life. Sometimes the problems we have to solve are simply very, very hard. But even in those cases,
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How heavy is air? - Dan...
that fills our bodies exerts an amount of pressure equal to that of the air outside. Of course, this is no accident. It's precisely what allows us to survive in the normal atmosphere, and what makes it more difficult at high altitudes or deep water. And we normally don't feel the air pressing on us
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A robot that runs and...
as if you are pressing the gas pedal of descending modulation to your spinal cord, makes a complete switch between two very different gaits. And in fact, the same has been observed in cats. If you stimulate the spinal cord of a cat, you can switch between walk, trot and gallop.
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Inside the Dark World of...
The spikes were all the way around, pressing into her skin. She was kind of hovering it in the air, because obviously it hurt to put weight on it and I asked her mahout why and he said it's because she likes to kick. Her mahout said that he puts it on for a little while
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Jaguar: Close enough to...
actually moving around its world being drawn by scent so the nose is pressing down to the ground pressed into the plants around it it's really processing its world based on smell it's quite interesting to see how wary these guys
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How a handful of tech...
in the most empowering way together. And imagine creating a superhuman ability to do that. Sometimes the world's most pressing and important problems are not these hypothetical future things that we could create in the future.
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Prince William PIPE This...
and turn it with laser sharp focus and urgency on the most pressing challenge we have ever faced, repairing our planet. The shared goals for our generation are clear. Together, we must protect and restore nature,
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Where good ideas come...
They decided to tackle this really pressing problem of the terrible problems we have with infant mortality rates in the developing world. One of the things that's very frustrating about this
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How design can help make...
rigorous an empirical process to understand the laws that govern our universe and when they work together they can address some of the most pressing challenges of our time thank
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"Interpassion" /...
I'm pressing the buzzer; I am interpassionate. Interpassion, Interpassion, Interpassion. I am interpassionate. Interpassion, Interpassion,
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3 ways to make better...
by how recently they were used, and you can probably quickly find what you're looking for by starting at the top of the pile. Organizing your wardrobe or your desk are probably not the most pressing problems in your life. Sometimes the problems we have to solve are simply very, very hard. But even in those cases,
Video examples
How heavy is air? - Dan...
that fills our bodies exerts an amount of pressure equal to that of the air outside. Of course, this is no accident. It's precisely what allows us to survive in the normal atmosphere, and what makes it more difficult at high altitudes or deep water. And we normally don't feel the air pressing on us
Video examples
A robot that runs and...
as if you are pressing the gas pedal of descending modulation to your spinal cord, makes a complete switch between two very different gaits. And in fact, the same has been observed in cats. If you stimulate the spinal cord of a cat, you can switch between walk, trot and gallop.
Video examples
Inside the Dark World of...
The spikes were all the way around, pressing into her skin. She was kind of hovering it in the air, because obviously it hurt to put weight on it and I asked her mahout why and he said it's because she likes to kick. Her mahout said that he puts it on for a little while
Video examples
Jaguar: Close enough to...
actually moving around its world being drawn by scent so the nose is pressing down to the ground pressed into the plants around it it's really processing its world based on smell it's quite interesting to see how wary these guys
Video examples
How a handful of tech...
in the most empowering way together. And imagine creating a superhuman ability to do that. Sometimes the world's most pressing and important problems are not these hypothetical future things that we could create in the future.
Video examples
Prince William PIPE This...
and turn it with laser sharp focus and urgency on the most pressing challenge we have ever faced, repairing our planet. The shared goals for our generation are clear. Together, we must protect and restore nature,
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
They decided to tackle this really pressing problem of the terrible problems we have with infant mortality rates in the developing world. One of the things that's very frustrating about this
Video examples
How design can help make...
rigorous an empirical process to understand the laws that govern our universe and when they work together they can address some of the most pressing challenges of our time thank
Video examples
"Interpassion" /...
I'm pressing the buzzer; I am interpassionate. Interpassion, Interpassion, Interpassion. I am interpassionate. Interpassion, Interpassion,
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Tom Payne
English Actor
I have no wish to go back to being frustrated by a character. It's really just part of being on an ongoing series. You're constantly hoping the next episode you get, something will happen for you. You're on the edge of your seat all the time, pressing your hands together and hoping that something cool will turn up.
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Emily Ratajkowski
British Model
Hollywood is a boys' club, and that's something I thought was a stereotype - and it's not. That really shocked me. Still shocks me. Everyone's helping their buddies out and pressing their buddies and playing tennis with their buddies and making movies with their buddies, and that grosses me out.
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Calvin Trillin
American Journalist
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.
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Roy Hodgson
English Businessman
There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.
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Jessica Chastain
American Actress
Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
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Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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Alexander Ovechkin
Russian Athlete
I do a lot of squats, I do a lot of bench pressing. But legs are very important for me. It's more important than arms and shoulders.
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Jane D. Hull
American Politician
Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
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Tom Payne
English Actor
I have no wish to go back to being frustrated by a character. It's really just part of being on an ongoing series. You're constantly hoping the next episode you get, something will happen for you. You're on the edge of your seat all the time, pressing your hands together and hoping that something cool will turn up.
Quote examples
Emily Ratajkowski
British Model
Hollywood is a boys' club, and that's something I thought was a stereotype - and it's not. That really shocked me. Still shocks me. Everyone's helping their buddies out and pressing their buddies and playing tennis with their buddies and making movies with their buddies, and that grosses me out.
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Calvin Trillin
American Journalist
When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
President Obama believes that income inequality is one of the most pressing matters facing the nation. If we are going to be a country that provides ladders of opportunity and believes in a thriving middle class, then we have to raise the minimum wage.
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Roy Hodgson
English Businessman
There is so much interaction in a football match: between you and your team-mates and how you support each other, work for each other, make runs. But I also enjoy the other aspect: the pressing and how people work so hard to recover the ball.
Quote examples
Jessica Chastain
American Actress
Making films can be very lonely, and that's the part I don't like. I don't want to feel like I'm pressing 'pause' on my personal life to make a movie. I want to feel like I'm still creating relationships and things are moving forward.
Quote examples
Iris Apfel
American Businesswoman
I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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Alexander Ovechkin
Russian Athlete
I do a lot of squats, I do a lot of bench pressing. But legs are very important for me. It's more important than arms and shoulders.
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Jane D. Hull
American Politician
Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
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