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pressing: adjective and adverb
press: I. noun II. transitive verb III. intransitive verb
press on: intransitive verb
press agency: noun
press conference: noun
press office: noun
press officer: noun
press release: noun
press-up: noun
printing press: noun
stop press: noun

pressing ADJ

pressing

pressing

I . press [pres] N

1. press (push):

at the press of a button

ao apertar um botão

2. press (machine):

prensa f

printing press

prelo

to go to press newspaper, book

ir para o prelo

the press publ

to have good press

ser bem recebido pela crítica

II . press [pres] VB trans

1. press:

press button

press grapes, olives

to press sb to do sth

pressionar alguém para fazer a. c.

to press sb for sth

pressionar alguém por a. c.

to be pressed for time/money

estar com pouco tempo/dinheiro

to press sth on sb

insistir para que alguém aceite a. c.

to press a claim

reclamar um direito

to press charges LAW

fazer acusações

2. press (iron):

3. press album, disk:

III . press [pres] VB intr

urgir

time is pressing

to press for sth

pressionar por a. c.

to press up against sb/sth

fazer pressão contra alguém/a. c.

press on VB intr

to press on (with sth)

apertar o passo

to press on (with sth)

avançar (em a. c.)

press agency N publ

press agency

agência f de notícias

press conference N publ

press conference

entrevista f coletiva

press office N

press office

assessoria f de imprensa

press officer N

press officer

assessor(a) m (f) de imprensa

press release N publ

press release

release m

press-up N Brit SPORTS

printing press N

printing press

prelo m

stop press N publ

notícias f pl de última hora

Usage examples with pressing

time is pressing

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English

One of the most pressing issues for international businesses is managing the quality and ethical standards of supply chain partners - from the cotton field to coat-hanger. www.nzherald.co.nz

Though changing habitual behavior is easier said than done, one of these tweaks may be as simple as putting in your earphones and pressing play. theconversation.com

The sensitive issue of how to defend the capital from air attack became a pressing concern for urban planners, government officials, and even fiction writers. en.wikipedia.org

One of its uses is as a binder in some grades of hexagonal boron nitride for hot pressing. en.wikipedia.org

The foot gong is a bell that was beneath the floor of early automobiles and was rung by pressing it with your foot. en.wikipedia.org

Early radio receivers, called crystal radios, used a cat's whisker of fine wire pressing on a crystal of galena (lead sulfide) to serve as a point-contact rectifier or crystal detector. en.wikipedia.org

The crook of another man's elbow is on my Adam's apple, pressing down, choking me. www.independent.co.uk

Clicking is either done by moving the mouse pointer over the bar and clicking, or simply pressing the space bar. en.wikipedia.org

The original palette is selectable by pressing any attack button, while alternate palettes are chosen with the Start button. en.wikipedia.org

By pressing supplications to the king he got himself exempted on the ground of poverty and poor health. en.wikipedia.org

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