pressing English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Needing urgent attention.
* 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
- Argentinians support the "Malvinas" cause, which is written into the constitution. But they are also worried about pressing economic problems such as inflation, rising crime and corruption.
* 1841 , , 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.”
Insistent, earnest, or persistent.
* 1891 , , The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. 2,
- You are very pressing , Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
* 1908 , , "The Duel,"
- He was pressing and persuasive.
Derived terms
* pressingly
* pressingness
Quotations
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Noun
( en noun)
The application of pressure by a press or other means.
A metal or plastic part made with a press.
The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.
A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.
The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.
A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.
Urgent insistence.
Verb
(head)
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urgency English
Noun
(urgencies)
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 24
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
citation
, page=
, passage=Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.}}
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