opposite pressure

opposite Preposition

— If A is opposite B, they are facing each other. The bank is just opposite this hotel, right across the street there.

opposite Adjective

— If two things are opposite, they are the same kind but completely different from each other. "Go left. No, right!" "Do you want me to go left or right? I mean, they're opposite directions, aren't they?" I don't think we can work together. We're too opposite. Black is the opposite of white. "Yes" is the opposite of "no". Day is the opposite of night.

opposite Noun

— The opposite of something is something else of the same kind but completely different. My kids always do the exact opposite of what I tell them. The word dust is its own opposite, meaning both put on and take off dust.

pressure Noun

— In science, pressure is force applied over an area. It hurt when the doctor put pressure on her cut foot. He accidentally put too much air in his flat tire. The air put so much pressure on the tire that it exploded. — If a person is under pressure, they feel stressed. She has been under a lot of pressure lately because of her final exams. If she fails them, she will not graduate.

pressure Verb

— When you pressure someone, you try to make them do something, especially something they do not want to do. Her friends tried to pressure her into smoking, even after Maya kept saying "no." His parents tried to pressure him into becoming a lawyer, but Jamal knew he wanted to be a doctor.