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Definitions in simple English

pressing

If something is pressing, it needs attention now. The roof repair is pressing because if it rains, water could get inside our house. If something is pressing, it is insistent or persistent.

pressing

A pressing is a metal or plastic part that is made by a press. A pressing is the use of pressure put onto something through the use of a press.

pressing

(= urgent) compelling immediate action too pressing to permit of longer delay the urgent words 'Hurry! Hurry!' bridges in urgent need of repair (= press, pressure) 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 a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press

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Simple sentences

The shirt needs pressing.
The matter is really pressing.
The two felt the pressing necessity of earning a livelihood.
The union is pressing for a ten-percent pay hike.
I'm pressing charges.
Is it something pressing?
We have some pressing problems to solve.
These trousers need pressing.
I have a pressing engagement elsewhere.
The silence was so pressing that Tom could hear the beating of his heart and the thudding of blood in his temples.

Movie subtitles

The swelling from the epidural bleed is pressing on his brain stem.
And now onto more pressing matters.
She kept pressing me about my mom, and I just.
I hope you have nothing pressing.
My dear, I have some pressing business and cannot go walking with you.
He owns a patent for a hiking cane that turns into a tourist cabin by pressing a button.
He kept pressing me to point out the celebrities.
And Skee Ball's still in front, pressing into second.
The thought of seeing him free of pressing his hands in mine for the first time that will be reward enough.
Also, the x-rays showed a dislocated vertebra pressing on the spinal cord here.
His pants may need a bit of pressing, but a nice lad.
But Sam has always something to do. Was cleaning and pressing the gun that had brought it.
Well, I had no pressing engagement.
He called and asked that he might come into our boat so that he could speak better to the people who were pressing around him on shore.
I would like to very much, Dr. Mortimer, but unfortunately I have some rather pressing business here in London.
Roll slowly up the wall. pressing each vertebrae as hard as you can.
Were it not the time is so pressing we might first put you on trial.
His pants need a bit of pressing, but a nice lad.
Your dingy, gloomy office in that dingy, dirty street, the rotten smell from the factory chimneys pressing down on the shabby little houses?
Mrs. Shackleford, circumstances are such with me. A situation has risen- That is, I have a very pressing need for immediate funds.
They're pressing us fast.
Well, I had no pressing engagement, except with those boys from the finance office.
He called and asked that he might come into our boat so he could speak better to the people who were pressing around him on shore.
Forgive us, Your Majesty, but there's a pressing matter of concern to this young beauty.
I hope you have nothing pressing. This may take a minute or three.
I'm sure someone was outside pressing the button.
Regarding this loan some of you think that I'm pressing it out of greed.
Madam said that she had a pressing business. she took the 7 o'clock boat.
Would you mind pressing it again?
I keep asking which is harder, your head or your arteries? Stop pressing your luck, you're overdue.
Oh? Even the vice boys are not pressing anything.
As long as you keep pressing the button, he'll work back and forth. That's pretty cute.
You want to rescue the ladies first, but the chamberlain's safety is more pressing.
Don't forget that it's a seriously pressing matter.
Pressing or not, I'll sleep all day long.

News and current affairs

The problem is all the more pressing because countries can achieve gains in market share not only through higher private-sector competitiveness, but also by means of protectionist measures.
Their agenda is more pressing, and their problems, frankly, far more serious than ours, which makes it much more urgent for them to develop theories appropriate to the challenges they face.
They are all poor, buffeted by natural disasters - especially floods, droughts, and earthquakes - and have rapidly growing populations that are pressing on the capacity of the land to feed them.
In advance of the upcoming G-8 summit, it is impossible to overlook the fact that, for the first time in seven decades, the United States cannot drive the international agenda or provide global leadership on all of today's most pressing problems.
Likewise, Quest University in Canada encourages students to bring both scientific and humanistic knowledge to bear on today's most pressing problems.
The United States is pressing for administrative reforms and threatening to cut off funding if the reforms are not forthcoming.
The world cannot do without rules; it cannot move forward against our age's most pressing problems without defined legal rules and the institutions that regulate international law.
Obama is preoccupied by many pressing problems, and reinventing the international financial system is unlikely to receive his full attention.
Argentina's crisis should remind us of the pressing need to reform the global financial system - and thorough reform of the IMF is where we must begin.
Now, they, and Asians at large, need to bring both their skills and their success to bear on the most pressing global issues of the day.
CAMBRIDGE - Many, if not all, of the world's most pressing macroeconomic problems relate to the massive overhang of all forms of debt.
Most importantly, the Bank's new president should have first-hand professional experience regarding the range of pressing development challenges.
Yet, to this day, most regional groupings remain too weak to solve their members' pressing problems.
Judicial reform is another pressing issue.
The primary, and most pressing, of the problems we face is the financial and economic crisis that is enveloping the EU.
It seeks to be finely balanced, respecting the regime's sovereignty while subtly pressing home the point in unison, as neighboring states.
Solidarity and agreement on political objectives are the pressing concerns of our age.
But a sector-by-sector approach could mitigate these handicaps, and, given the pressing need to address demand for energy and climate change, it might be strategically advisable to start with the energy sector.
China also has become more insistent in pressing its territorial claims both to India's northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state and to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, with Chinese warships making more frequent forays into Japanese waters.

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