English

Pronunciation
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Adjective
en-adj

1. Needing urgent attention.

#*1841, w:Charles_Dickens|Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, ch. 75,
#*:�I come on business.�Private,� he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, �and very pressing business.�

1. insistent|Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

#*1891, w:Oscar_Wilde|Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, ch. 2,
#*:You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
#*1908, w:Joseph_Conrad|Joseph Conrad, "The Duel,"
#*:He was pressing and persuasive.

Noun
en-noun

1. The application of pressure by a press or other means.
2. A metal or plastic part made with a press.
3. The process of improve|improving the appearance of clothing by removing creases with a press or an iron.
4. The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
5. A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
6. urgent|Urgent insistence.

Verb
pressing

1. present participle of|press

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• 2007-12-20 16:19 - WikiPedant - /* Noun */ expanded defn3 a bit

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