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press English

Meaning press meaning

What does press mean?
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press Noun

— The press are the people and organisations that report the news. The president gave an interview with members of the press. The company put out a press release about the new equipment. — The press is the news as it is reported. The next day, the fire was all over the press. — A press is a company that prints books. The book was published by Press. — A press is a machine that prints books, newspapers, etc. Stop the presses! We've got a new story. — A press is a machine that pushes down on something to make it flat or to push out the water or juice. — A press is a time when you push something. She gave the button a quick press.

press Verb

— If you press something, you push it against something. She pressed her nose against the window. Please, press a button. He found the cut and pressed down firmly to stop the blood. — If you press clothes, you use an iron to make them flat. — If you press someone to do something, you ask them strongly or many times. When she pressed him for an answer, he hung up the phone. The group has been pressing for new laws to reduce pollution. — If you press on or forward, you keep going even though it's difficult. — If you press a weight, you exercise by moving the weight up and away from your body. — If you press a CD or record, you make a physical copy of it.

press

— verb exert pressure or force to or upon He pressed down on the boards press your thumb on this spot — verb (= urge) force or impel in an indicated direction I urged him to finish his studies — verb place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure pressed flowers — verb (= weigh) to be oppressive or burdensome weigh heavily on the mind Something pressed on his mind — verb (= compress, squeeze, contract) squeeze or press together she compressed her lips the spasm contracted the muscle — verb create by pressing Press little holes into the soft clay — verb crowd closely The crowds pressed along the street — noun a machine used for printing — noun the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines — noun (= insistence) the state of demanding notice or attention the insistence of their hunger the press of business matters — noun clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use — noun any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids — noun a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead — noun (= pressure, pressing) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure he gave the button a press he used pressure to stop the bleeding at the pressing of a button — verb press from a plastic press a record — verb (= push) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby 'Now push hard,' said the doctor to the woman — verb be urgent This is a pressing problem — verb (= crusade, push) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for The liberal party pushed for reforms She is crusading for women's rights The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate — verb (= iron) press and smooth with a heated iron press your shirts she stood there ironing — verb lift weights This guy can press 300 pounds — noun (= wardrobe) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes — noun (= crush) a dense crowd of people — verb (= bid) ask for or request earnestly The prophet bid all people to become good persons

Synonyms press synonyms

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press English » English

squeeze push crush compress urge iron force oppress pressure squash pinch coerce compel massage drive clasp apply pressure jam crowd stamp print media knead insist impel grasp throng printing press printing house press out press down demand wring urge on tighten stuff rub put printer newspaper flatten cupboard closet clamp claim wring out wardrobe thrust printing plant press together

Topics press topics

What do people use press to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push
Universe, creation Water Wet

Dry

  • What tools are used to remove water from things?
    sieve press
Language and thought Want Influence

Compel
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Newspaper
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops

Growing fruit
Work and occupation Agriculture Growing crops Growing grass

Growing sugarcane
Work and occupation Occupation

Working with water
Physical actions Physical impact

Press
States Quality Shape Straight

Flat
Language and thought Want Decide, plan

Purpose, goal
Social behavior Law Trial

Drop charges
States Time Aspectual time Age

New

Conjugation press conjugation

How do you conjugate press?

press · verb

Examples press examples

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Simple sentences

Don't press your opinions on me.
During the press conference, the President touched on foreign relations.
The press is interested in his private life.
Press this button to start the machine.
In case of fire, press this button.
We asked him to face the press but he refused to.
Press the bell twice.
Press the brake pedal to turn on your brake lights.
Press the red button if something strange happens.
Can you tell me which button to press?
Could you press this button?
Never press this button.
All you have to do is press the button.
I can't see you due to the press of business.
That is why I believe in the Press.
The prime minister fielded some tough questions at the press conference.

Movie subtitles

There's an emergency call button she can press.
The printing press.
Uh, French press, if you have it.
French press.
Make an appointment and start to get help and I won't press charges against either of you.
N-no, you got to press that.
I just have you all stored with the little pictures and I just, I just press on your tiny little faces and it calls you.
A good opportunity to press the flesh.
I've been watching some of the press on your group.
I did forget to press record though, so you're gonna need to take more blood.
Don't press it. don't press it!
Did I ever press you, if you couldn't pay immediately?
They were famous, and sought after by the press.
It doesn't seem like Ms. Dekaan's gonna press charges. She wants an in-person apology.
Any statement for the press?
Press that thing through there and pull it out the other end.
Denham's taking no chances. Here are the press.
And now before I tell you the full story of our voyage I will ask the gentlemen of the press to come forward so that the audience may see them take the first photographs of Kong and his captors.
All you have to do is press the button in the back And it walks out by itself.
We don't wish to press it, Officer, but we've been very patient. - Haven't we, Sister?
A press gang. A press gang!
The press gang!
They've been brought aboard by press gangs.
They can't press-gang you there, they can't starve you, and can't flog you.
I definitely won't press ignore. on this case.
It doesn't seem like Ms. Dekaan's gonna press charges.
Mother Earth. Press yourselves down upon her.
The public and the press will lay off me.
Any statement to make to the press, Corbett?
Can I press you to another cup, my ladyship?
The press room for yours.
I'll offer him a job as company press agent.

News and current affairs

Now it hints that it may resume enrichment, and recent press reports about the imports from Pakistan suggest Iran failed to disclose everything to the IAEA.
Usually, conspiracy theories surface where people are poorly educated and a rigorous independent press is lacking.
The cumulative total since the beginning of the first crisis year (2008) means that Spain has financed its entire current-account deficit via the printing press.
The answer is obvious: China mounted a full-court press to change minds.
For example, he allowed a private press to flourish, and in 2000 he became the first Ethiopian leader to hold multi-party parliamentary elections.
Nevertheless, following a violently contested parliamentary election in 2005, in which more than 30 parties participated, Meles demonstrated open contempt for democratic pluralism and press freedom, jailing several journalists in recent years.
But, rather than earning him the respect of an outraged Egyptian public, revelations in the opposition press that his plane had to obtain a safe passage and authority to land from the Israelis garnered only howls of derision.
Robert Rubin and Kent Conrad warned him that the press would not interpret his testimony as being balanced, and that Congress would interpret it as an excuse to abandon fiscal discipline.
Kuwait now allows women to vote, Qatar has embraced an ambitious reform program, Bahrain has shown great tolerance of mass demonstrations, and the U.A.E. is allowing something like a free press.
Those who submitted had their passports withdrawn, lost their jobs, and were forbidden to speak to the press.
I want to deviate from my usual economic theme this month and focus instead on the system by which the press - mostly the American press - covers government nowadays.
But perhaps this is not too great a deviation, for the behavior of the press affects not only politics, but economics as well.
So, where Hiatt sees a press corps that was a little too cowardly about overseeing the Bush administration, Frankel sees a press corps where a sloppy and confusing process is nevertheless doing a reasonable job.
With soaring deficits, and a rudderless fiscal policy, one does wonder whether a populist administration might recklessly turn to the printing press.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that, if the latest peace talks collapse, he will press for UN recognition of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders.
In much of Africa, the challenge for journalists, editors, and readers goes beyond freedom of the press, and involves its very survival.
The press fought back tenaciously, despite casualties.
But Nigeria does not offer the premier example of the awesome power of the press. That honor belongs to a different history and region.
And it was the foreign press that detailed the parallel failure of the United Nations, whose agents were on the ground but whose inability to call genocide by its proper name led to a comatose response.
African civil society, whose mouthpiece is the press, cannot escape some measure of reproach for its failure to urge leaders to rescue fellow Africans.
From Liberia to the Congo, the predicament of the African continent today demands that the press act not only as a watchdog, but as a goad.
This reflex has left Zimbabwe practically a journalism-free zone, with only the foreign press seeking to hold President Robert Mugabe to account.
Today it is Zimbabwe's press that is under the gun.
Since other countries' economies and jobs are also at stake, they owe it to their citizens to press the US to deliver meaningful financial reforms.
For the sake of human rights and peace in the region, my hope is that the international community will bear witness to these circumstances, consider Judge Goldstone's report in its entirety and press for accountability for the most serious crimes.
But Nigeria does not offer the premier example of the awesome power of the press.

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