pressing
/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/
pressing adjective: needing urgent attention. Also the present participle and gerund of press.
Adjective
pressing (comparative more pressing, superlative most pressing)
- Needing urgent attention.
- “I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 75.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC
- And now the world will have to pause a little, and take up that other side of the problem, and in right earnest strive for some solution of that. For it has become pressing.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, chapter 3, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book I (Proem), page 20
- Synonyms:
- instant
- Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
- You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter 2, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC
- He was pressing and persuasive.1908, Joseph Conrad, The Duel
Noun
pressing (plural pressings)
- The application of pressure by a press or other means.
- A metal or plastic part made with a press.
- The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
- 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.
- The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
- A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
- Urgent insistence.
- A tactic of defending players moving forward towards the ball, rather than remaining in position near their goal.
- His version of pressing—dynamic and aggressive—is now the pre-eminent tactical mode, prompting evolution even in Pep Guardiola, whose press-and-possess football at Barcelona had laid the groundwork for this development.2020 February 1, Jonathan Wilson, “Pioneering reds to the Reds: Why Jürgen Klopp’s pressing is a perfect fit for the age”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Also used as
pressing is also the present participle and gerund of press.
pressing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Punjabi
pressing in Hindi
- दबाते हुए
pressing in Tamil
- அழுத்துதல்
pressing in Kannada
- ಒತ್ತುವುದು
pressing in Punjabi
- ਦਬਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋਏ
More languagesFewer languages
- pressing in Gujarati
- દબાવી રહ્યા છે, દબાવી રહ્યા છીએ, દબાવી રહ્યાં છે
- pressing in Nepali
- थिच्दै, दबाउँदै
- pressing in Persian
- فوری fovri
Examples of pressing in a sentence
- The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 157:
- But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'”, in The Guardian:
- With no pressing need to continue the attack to closer range, the torpedo boats fall back, noting the position for a night attack if Suvorov survives that long.2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 25:58 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any...
Synonyms of pressing
Forms of pressing
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more pressing |
| superlative | most pressing |
| Noun | |
| plural | pressings |
Words formed from pressing
Phrases with pressing
- pressing on
- pressing out
- pressing pad
- pressing down
- pressing pads
- bench pressing
- pressing ahead
- pressing combs
- pressing flesh
- pressing pause
- pressing cloths
- military pressing
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with pressing
Questions about pressing
- What does pressing mean?
- Pressing means needing urgent attention.
- What is pressing in Hindi?
- Pressing in Hindi is दबाते हुए. See Pressing meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use pressing in a sentence?
- The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.
- What part of speech is pressing?
- Pressing can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce pressing?
- Pressing is pronounced /ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/.
Words near pressing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: pressing (page history and authors); pressing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pressing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pressing (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pressing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pressing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pressing (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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