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Meaning pressure meaning

What does pressure mean?
Definitions in simple English

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.

pressure

— noun the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure — noun a force that compels the public brought pressure to bear on the government — noun (= press, 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 — noun (= insistence, press) the state of demanding notice or attention the insistence of their hunger the press of business matters — noun the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal — verb (= squeeze, force) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means She forced him to take a job in the city He squeezed her for information — noun an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress — noun the pressure exerted by the atmosphere — verb exert pressure on someone through threats

Synonyms pressure synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as pressure?

pressure English » English

stress force press compression push coerce tension squeeze pressing oppression coercion strain urgency intimidate harass constraint compel weight squeezing insistence compulsion bully browbeat hale tyrannize pushing pressurize pressure sensation oppress menace load impression duress burden blackjack beset urge threaten terrorize strength pressure level pinch insistency imperativeness imminence hound hector harry force per unit area enforcement

Topics pressure topics

What do people use pressure to talk about?
Language and thought Want Influence

Compel
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Upset
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push
Language and thought Want

Influence
Work and occupation Work Method Work well

Busy
States Big

Weigh
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Universe, creation Sky Air

Blow air
Person Body Internal organs

Heart
Social behavior Conflict

War
Physical actions Physical impact

Press

Conjugation pressure conjugation

How do you conjugate pressure?

pressure · verb

Examples pressure examples

How do I use pressure in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The exit flowrate is proportional to the pressure difference around the exit valve.
There seems to be a large number of people in Japan with high blood pressure.
Tom might have acted under pressure.
They exert pressure on them.
I refuse to work under pressure.
The bridge crashed under the pressure.
External pressure grows ever more intense.
Maintaining a high salt diet may contribute to high blood pressure.
The doctor monitored the patient's heartbeat and blood pressure.
I've come under pressure from my boss.
Could you check the tire pressure?
The plan was given up under the pressure of public opinion.
Aspirin has no effect on the blood pressure.
My blood pressure is 155 over 105.
I have high blood pressure.
I have low blood pressure.
The government refuses to bow to public pressure.
He will never yield to the pressure of a politician.
She suffers from low blood pressure.
The door gave to my pressure.
And in many countries, where the animals are already under pressure because their homes are being destroyed by agriculture, things can get even worse.
I'm always under pressure.
Let me take your blood pressure.
Japan came under American pressure to open its financial market.
He has to have his blood pressure taken every day.
I know that you're strong, but political pressure is even stronger.

Movie subtitles

Some candidates went completely insane under the pressure.
Even if it weren't that hot, the atmospheric pressure at the surface is 90 times the Earth's atmospheric pressure, so you'd be crushed.
The key question is; how far down does the water persist beneath the surface and if you go far enough, is the pressure and temperature high enough that the water would be liquid, not in the form of ice?
There. That should relieve the pressure.
Carrie, it isn't 24 hours since you gave birth and your blood pressure isn't quite settled.
As the nurse assures me that your blood pressure and other checks are in order, I'm pleased to say that you'll be leaving this room with a packet of these.
I get stressed and when the pressure comes on, I feel the destructive urges of my damage.
I would never pressure you, I mean, this is an opportunity of a lifetime.
You know, when you two were together. Did she ever pressure you?
My boy, the disciplinary committee has agreed.under pressure from your soft-hearted teacher.
But everybody's putting the pressure on me, even the biggest boys in the party.
A lot of pressure is being brought to bear to have us discharged.
You know what you tell Lady Anstruther about high blood pressure.
The squad members' blood pressure, it's skyrocketing.
The pressure sensors installed in the grounds aren't picking up anything either.
His blood pressure.
Yes, and I would like to know what is this ailment, double blood pressure?
I have high blood pressure on my right side and low blood pressure on my left side.
Remember that high blood pressure.
If I don't start cracking some burglary cases the commissioner will really give me high blood pressure.
A blood pressure on yourself?
Unfortunate that interruption in Mrs. Updyke's boudoir would have been a perfect moment for a blood pressure during the robbery.
Changes which manifest themselves in the blood pressure in the ratio of the blood corpuscles in the heightened activity of the nerves and the glands.
As accurately as I could, I observed my own reactions pulse, respiration, blood pressure.
How's your blood pressure?
I have a rich man's disease. Normally my blood pressure is very normal, but my blood pressure tends to be elevated when it's getting measured.
Also, between the South and North, continue to pressure them.
All this economic pressure that you are currently exerting, is for this?
You mustn't pressure her.
That's the pressure gauge.
Just get firm pressure on the trigger. On the trigger.
A combination of high blood-pressure and thin-veined aristocracy.

News and current affairs

Their pressure paid off.
Then, despite massive US pressure, Turkey's parliament unexpectedly rejected the government's proposal to allow US troops in Turkey to launch an invasion from Turkish territory.
But external pressure is unlikely to bring it about.
MUNICH - Under substantial external pressure, the eurozone's crisis-hit countries are, at long last, bringing themselves to make painful cuts in their government budgets.
If this means putting pressure on some actors within the EU's own ranks, so be it.
The world-wide dilemma over exchange rate management is that when market pressure is not high necessary changes no longer seem so urgent.
But when pressure is high, government leaders charged with financial management feel trapped in a corner during any currency crisis.
The long overdue UN Resolution 1701 may, with its adoption, indicate that all parties are fatigued, or could no longer withstand international pressure.
This means that once predator species become depleted, fishing pressure shifts towards plant-eating fish species, leading to precipitous declines in the numbers of herbivores on coral reefs.
The details of the Initiative announced in Cologne were disappointing, but these details can still be changed under international public pressure.
But we should maintain hope and pressure on the international organizations and the rich countries.
A systemic crisis that simultaneously hits a large number of medium-sized banks would put just as much pressure on governments to bail out the system as would a crisis that hits a couple of large banks.
Although the Saudi ruling family, the al-Saud, is under enormous pressure to follow the example of its neighbors, internal resistance to doing so remains very strong.
Under regional and international pressure, the Saudi ruling family has constructed a Potemkin village of reform while retaining absolute control over all political developments.
The game is to use international recognition of an independent Palestinian state to pressure the US to retreat from its almost unconditional support for Israeli policy.
Developing countries have lagged behind in this process, but, with the common threat of global warming, there is now growing pressure to adopt conservation policies.
This may lead to suppression of pressure from below for economic reform and opening.
For its part, Russia appears reluctant to pressure Iran to reining in its nuclear ambitions.
But by declaring that he would not, under any circumstance, participate in military actions against Iraq, he undermined the efforts at the UN to put maximum pressure behind the demands that Iraq disarm.
The split within the EU and NATO has increased the risk of armed conflict with Iraq because the pressure on Iraq to comply with the UN resolutions was weakened.
The expenses and pressure of the dowry system, and the fact that, in most joint families, only sons inherit property and wealth, contribute to this favoritism.
Financing adaptation to climate will be a formidable challenge, particularly as it involves additional costs above traditional development assistance - at a time when foreign-aid budgets are under pressure.

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