press 1
(prĕs)
v. pressed, press·ing, press·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To exert steady weight or force against: an indentation where the rock pressed the ground.
b. To move by applying pressure: press a piano key; press one’s face into a pillow.
c. To squeeze or clasp in fondness or concern: pressed her hand before leaving.
2.
a. To squeeze the juice or other contents from: press lemons.
b. To extract (juice, for example) by squeezing or compressing.
3.
a. To reshape or make compact by applying steady force; compress: pressed the clay in a mold.
b. To iron (clothing, for example).
c. To make (a sound recording), originally by pressing (a vinyl phonograph record) under pressure in a mold.
4.
a. To bear down on or attack: The army pressed the rebels for months.
b. To carry on or advance vigorously (an attack, for instance).
c. To place in trying or distressing circumstances: Are you pressed for money?
5.
a. To insist upon or put forward insistently: press a claim; press an argument.
b. To try to influence or persuade, as by insistent arguments; pressure or entreat: He pressed her for a reply.
c. To insist that someone accept (something). Often used with on or upon: was given to pressing peculiar gifts upon his nieces.
6. Sports To lift (a weight) to a position above the head without moving the legs.
v.intr.
1. To exert force or pressure: felt the backpack pressing on her shoulders.
2. To be worrisome or depressing; weigh heavily: Guilt pressed upon his conscience.
3.
a. To advance eagerly; move forward urgently: We pressed through the crowd to get to the bus.
b. To assemble closely and in large numbers; crowd: Fans pressed around the movie star.
4. To continue a course of action, especially in spite of difficulties: decided to press ahead with the performance even with a sore throat.
5. To require haste or urgent action: matters that have not stopped pressing.
6. To employ urgent persuasion or entreaty: The supervisor has been pressing to get us to finish the project sooner.
7. To iron clothes or other material.
8. Sports To raise or lift a weight in a press.
9. Basketball To employ a press.
10. Sports In golf, to try to hit long or risky shots, typically with unsuccessful results.
n.
1. Any of various machines or devices that apply pressure: a cider press.
2. A printing press.
3.
a. A place or establishment where matter is printed: sent the book’s files to the press.
b. A publishing company: Which press has acquired that manuscript?
4.
a. The communications media considered as a whole, especially the agencies that collect, publish, transmit, or broadcast news and other information to the public: freedom of the press; got a job writing for the press.
b. News or other information disseminated to the public in printed, broadcast, or electronic form: kept the scandal out of the press.
c. The people involved in the media, as news reporters and broadcasters: took questions from the press after her speech.
d. The kind or extent of coverage a person or event receives in the media: «Like the pool hall and the tattoo parlor, the motorcycle usually gets a bad press» (R.Z. Sheppard).
5.
a. A large gathering; a crowd: lost our friend in the press of people.
b. The act of gathering in large numbers or of pushing forward: The press of the crowd broke the gates.
6. An act of pressing down or applying pressure: with the press of a button.
7. The haste or urgency of business or matters: the press of the day’s events.
8. The set of proper creases in a garment or fabric, formed by ironing.
9. Chiefly Scots and Irish An upright closet or case used for storing clothing, books, or other articles.
10. Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then steadily pushed straight overhead without movement of the legs.
11. Basketball An aggressive defense tactic in which players guard opponents closely, often over the entire court.
Idioms:
go to press
To be submitted for printing.
in press
Submitted for printing; in the process of being printed.
press charges
To bring a formal accusation of criminal wrongdoing against someone.
pressed for time
In a hurry; under time pressure.
press the flesh Informal
To shake hands and mingle with many people, especially while campaigning for public office.
[Middle English pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere, to press; see per- in Indo-European roots.]
press 2
(prĕs)
tr.v. pressed, press·ing, press·es
1. To force into service in the army or navy; impress.
2.
a. To take arbitrarily or by force, especially for public use.
b. To use in a manner different from the usual or intended, especially in an emergency.
n.
1. Conscription or impressment into service, especially into the army or navy.
2. Obsolete An official warrant for impressing men into military service.
[Alteration of obsolete prest, to hire for military service by advance payment, from Middle English, enlistment money, loan, from Old French, from prester, to lend, from Medieval Latin praestāre, from Latin, to furnish, from praestō, present, at hand; see ghes- in Indo-European roots.]
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press
(prɛs)
vb
1. to apply or exert weight, force, or steady pressure on: he pressed the button on the camera.
2. (tr) to squeeze or compress so as to alter in shape or form
3. (Clothing & Fashion) to apply heat or pressure to (clothing) so as to smooth out or mark with creases; iron
4. (Mechanical Engineering) to make (objects) from soft material by pressing with a mould, form, etc, esp to make gramophone records from plastic
5. (tr) to hold tightly or clasp, as in an embrace
6. (tr) to extract or force out (juice) by pressure (from)
7. (Weightlifting) (tr) weightlifting to lift (a weight) successfully with a press: he managed to press 280 pounds.
8. (tr) to force, constrain, or compel
9. to importune or entreat (a person) insistently; urge: they pressed for an answer.
10. to harass or cause harassment
11. (tr) to plead or put forward strongly or importunately: to press a claim.
12. (intr) to be urgent
13. (tr; usually passive) to have little of: we’re hard pressed for time.
14. (when: intr, often foll by on or forward) to hasten or advance or cause to hasten or advance in a forceful manner
15. (intr) to crowd; throng; push
16. (Historical Terms) (tr) (formerly) to put to death or subject to torture by placing heavy weights upon
17. (tr) archaic to trouble or oppress
18. (Law) press charges to bring charges against a person
n
19. (Mechanical Engineering) any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed
20. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) See printing press
21. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the art or process of printing
22. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) at the press in the press being printed
23. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to press to the press to be printed: when is this book going to press?.
24. (Journalism & Publishing) the press
a. news media and agencies collectively, esp newspapers
b. (as modifier): a press matter; press relations.
25. (Journalism & Publishing) the press those who work in the news media, esp newspaper reporters and photographers
26. (Journalism & Publishing) the opinions and reviews in the newspapers, etc: the play received a poor press.
27. the act of pressing or state of being pressed
28. the act of crowding, thronging, or pushing together
29. a closely packed throng of people; crowd; multitude
30. urgency or hurry in business affairs
31. (Furniture) a cupboard, esp a large one used for storing clothes or linen
32. (General Sporting Terms) a wood or metal clamp or vice to prevent tennis rackets, etc, from warping when not in use
33. (Weightlifting) weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head
[C14 pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to press]
press
(prɛs)
vb (tr)
1. (Historical Terms) to recruit (men) by forcible measures for military service
2. to use for a purpose other than intended, (esp in the phrase press into service)
n
(Historical Terms) recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang
[C16: back formation from prest to recruit soldiers; see prest2; also influenced by press1]
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press1
(prɛs)
v.t.
1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position.
3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size.
4. to subject to pressure.
5. to hold closely, as in an embrace; clasp.
6. to flatten or make smooth, esp. by ironing.
7. to extract juice or contents from by pressure.
8. to squeeze out (juice).
9. to beset; harass.
10. to trouble or oppress, as by lack of something.
11. to urge or entreat insistently: to press someone for an explanation.
12. to emphasize or propound forcefully: He pressed his own ideas on us.
13. to urge onward; hasten.
14. to push forward.
15. to manufacture (phonograph records or the like) by stamping from a mold.
v.i.
16. to exert weight, force, or pressure.
17. to raise or lift, esp. a specified amount of weight, in a press.
18. to iron clothing, curtains, etc.
19. to bear heavily, as upon the mind.
20. (of athletes and competitors) to strain because of frustration.
21. to compel haste or attention.
22. to use urgent entreaty: to press for an answer.
23. to push forward or advance with force or haste: The army pressed on.
24. to crowd; throng.
25. Basketball. to employ a press.
n.
26. an act of pressing.
27. the state of being pressed.
29. printed publications collectively, esp. newspapers and periodicals.
30.
a. all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news.
b. their editorial employees.
31. (often used with a pl. v.) a group from the news media, as reporters and photographers.
32. the consensus of critical commentary or amount of coverage in the news: The play received a good press.
33. an establishment for printing books, magazines, etc.
34. the process or art of printing.
35. any of various devices or machines for exerting pressure, stamping, or crushing.
36. a crowding, thronging, or pressing together: the press of the crowd.
37. a crowd; throng.
38. the desired smooth or creased effect caused by ironing or pressing.
39. urgency, as of affairs or business.
40. a large upright case or cupboard for holding clothes, linens, books, etc.
41. Basketball. an aggressive form of defense in which players guard opponents very closely.
42. a lift in which a barbell is pushed overhead from chest level with the arms extended straight up, without moving the legs or feet.
[1175–1225; Middle English < Old French presser < Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere (past participle pressus) to press]
press2
(prɛs)
v.t.
1. to force into service, esp. naval or military service; impress.
2. to make use of in a manner different from that intended or desired: A bus was pressed into service as an ambulance.
n.
3. impressment into service, esp. naval or military service.
[1535–45; back formation from prest, past participle of obsolete prest to take (men) for military service, v. use of prest money advanced to enlistees]
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Press
a crush of people, 1400; the newspapers; journalists collectively; as much sail as the wind will allow on a ship; urgency; a large cupboard, closet, or container.
Examples: press of books, 1709; of canvas; of colthes, 1440; of engagements; of people, 1400; a great press was at the procession, 1400; of sail, 1860; of suspects.
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press
The press are the newspapers in a particular place, or the journalists who write them. In British English, you can use either a singular or plural form of a verb with press.
Small wonder the press is hostile to the prime minister.
…a number of cases where the press have been very aggressive.
Note that in American English, a singular verb form is preferred.
The Supreme Court will consider whether the press is protected from being sued by someone promised confidentiality.
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press
Past participle: pressed
Gerund: pressing
| Imperative |
|---|
| press |
| press |
| Present |
|---|
| I press |
| you press |
| he/she/it presses |
| we press |
| you press |
| they press |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I pressed |
| you pressed |
| he/she/it pressed |
| we pressed |
| you pressed |
| they pressed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am pressing |
| you are pressing |
| he/she/it is pressing |
| we are pressing |
| you are pressing |
| they are pressing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have pressed |
| you have pressed |
| he/she/it has pressed |
| we have pressed |
| you have pressed |
| they have pressed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was pressing |
| you were pressing |
| he/she/it was pressing |
| we were pressing |
| you were pressing |
| they were pressing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had pressed |
| you had pressed |
| he/she/it had pressed |
| we had pressed |
| you had pressed |
| they had pressed |
| Future |
|---|
| I will press |
| you will press |
| he/she/it will press |
| we will press |
| you will press |
| they will press |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have pressed |
| you will have pressed |
| he/she/it will have pressed |
| we will have pressed |
| you will have pressed |
| they will have pressed |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be pressing |
| you will be pressing |
| he/she/it will be pressing |
| we will be pressing |
| you will be pressing |
| they will be pressing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been pressing |
| you have been pressing |
| he/she/it has been pressing |
| we have been pressing |
| you have been pressing |
| they have been pressing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been pressing |
| you will have been pressing |
| he/she/it will have been pressing |
| we will have been pressing |
| you will have been pressing |
| they will have been pressing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been pressing |
| you had been pressing |
| he/she/it had been pressing |
| we had been pressing |
| you had been pressing |
| they had been pressing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would press |
| you would press |
| he/she/it would press |
| we would press |
| you would press |
| they would press |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have pressed |
| you would have pressed |
| he/she/it would have pressed |
| we would have pressed |
| you would have pressed |
| they would have pressed |
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. | press — the state of demanding notice or attention; «the insistence of their hunger»; «the press of business matters»
imperativeness, insistency, insistence, pressure urgency — the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity |
| 2. | press — the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
public press free press — a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology print media — a medium that disseminates printed matter newspaper, paper — a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements; «he read his newspaper at breakfast» mag, magazine — a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it; «it takes several years before a magazine starts to break even or make money» press corps — a group of journalists representing different publications who all cover the same topics; «the White House press corps» |
|
| 3. |  press — a machine used for printing
printing press bed — the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc. cylinder press, flatbed press — a printing press where the type is carried on a flat bed under a cylinder that holds paper and rolls over the type machine — any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks rotary press — a printing press for printing from a revolving cylinder standing press — a large printing press that exerts pressure vertically |
|
| 4. | press — a dense crowd of people
crush, jam crowd — a large number of things or people considered together; «a crowd of insects assembled around the flowers» snarl-up, traffic jam — a number of vehicles blocking one another until they can scarcely move |
|
| 5. |  press — a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
wardrobe, closet armoire — a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons clothes closet, clothespress — a closet where clothes are stored coat closet — a closet for storing outerwear article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture — furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; «they had too much furniture for the small apartment»; «there was only one piece of furniture in the room» |
|
| 6. | press — clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
clamp, clinch — a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together |
|
| 7. |  press — any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
mechanical press cheese press — a press for shaping cheese curd ciderpress — a press that is used to extract the juice from apples garlic press — a press for extracting juice from garlic hydraulic press — press in which a force applied by a piston to a small area is transmitted through water to another piston having a large area machine — any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks punch press — a power driven press used to shape metal parts winepress — a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes |
|
| 8. |  press — a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
military press weightlift, weightlifting — bodybuilding by exercise that involves lifting weights |
|
| 9. |  press — 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»
pressing, pressure push, pushing — the act of applying force in order to move something away; «he gave the door a hard push»; «the pushing is good exercise» impression — the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; «he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax» compressing, compression — applying pressure |
|
| Verb | 1. | press — exert pressure or force to or upon; «He pressed down on the boards»; «press your thumb on this spot»
touch — make physical contact with, come in contact with; «Touch the stone for good luck»; «She never touched her husband» squeeze — press firmly; «He squeezed my hand» mash, squash, squeeze, crush, squelch — to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; «crush an aluminum can»; «squeeze a lemon» cranch, craunch, grind, crunch — press or grind with a crushing noise bear down, drag down, press down on, weigh down, bear down on — exert a force with a heavy weight; «The snow bore down on the roof» knuckle — press or rub with the knuckles push — press against forcefully without moving; «she pushed against the wall with all her strength» |
| 2. |  press — force or impel in an indicated direction; «I urged him to finish his studies»
urge, urge on, exhort hurry, rush — urge to an unnatural speed; «Don’t rush me, please!» push, bear on — press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action; «He pushed her to finish her doctorate» advocate, preach — speak, plead, or argue in favor of; «The doctor advocated a smoking ban in the entire house» advise, counsel, rede — give advice to; «The teacher counsels troubled students»; «The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud» |
|
| 3. |  press — to be oppressive or burdensome; «weigh heavily on the mind», «Something pressed on his mind»
weigh matter, count, weigh — have weight; have import, carry weight; «It does not matter much» |
|
| 4. | press — place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; «pressed flowers»
flatten out, flatten — become flat or flatter; «The landscape flattened» iron, iron out, press — press and smooth with a heated iron; «press your shirts»; «she stood there ironing» calender — press between rollers or plates so as to smooth, glaze, or thin into sheets; «calender paper» |
|
| 5. | press — squeeze or press together; «she compressed her lips»; «the spasm contracted the muscle»
constrict, compress, contract, compact, squeeze choke, strangle — constrict (someone’s) throat and keep from breathing prim — contract one’s lips; «She primmed her lips after every bite of food» tighten — become tight or tighter; «The rope tightened» astringe — constrict or bind or draw together; «Lemon juice astringes the tissue in the mouth» strangulate — constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air convulse — contract involuntarily, as in a spasm; «The muscles in her face convulsed» convulse — cause to contract; «The spasm convulses her facial muscles» bear down, overbear — contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery choke, gag, fret — be too tight; rub or press; «This neckband is choking the cat» scrag, choke — wring the neck of; «The man choked his opponent» |
|
| 6. | press — crowd closely; «The crowds pressed along the street»
mass — join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; «Crowds were massing outside the palace» |
|
| 7. | press — create by pressing; «Press little holes into the soft clay»
create, make — make or cause to be or to become; «make a mess in one’s office»; «create a furor» |
|
| 8. | press — be urgent; «This is a pressing problem»
be — have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); «John is rich»; «This is not a good answer» |
|
| 9. |  press — exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; «The liberal party pushed for reforms»; «She is crusading for women’s rights»; «The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate»
crusade, campaign, agitate, fight, push advertize, advertise, promote, push — make publicity for; try to sell (a product); «The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model»; «The company is heavily advertizing their new laptops» |
|
| 10. | press — press from a plastic; «press a record»
press out mould, mold, cast — form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; «cast a bronze sculpture» |
|
| 11. | press — make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby; «`Now push hard,’ said the doctor to the woman»
push push, force — move with force, «He pushed the table into a corner» |
|
| 12. | press — press and smooth with a heated iron; «press your shirts»; «she stood there ironing»
iron, iron out mangle — press with a mangle; «mangle the sheets» press — place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure; «pressed flowers» |
|
| 13. |  press — lift weights; «This guy can press 300 pounds»
weightlift, weight-lift exercise, work out — do physical exercise; «She works out in the gym every day» |
|
| 14. |  press — ask for or request earnestly; «The prophet bid all people to become good persons»
adjure, beseech, entreat, conjure, bid plead — appeal or request earnestly; «I pleaded with him to stop» |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
press
verb
5. urge, force, beg, petition, sue, enforce, insist on, compel, constrain, exhort, implore, enjoin, pressurize, entreat, importune, supplicate The trade unions are pressing him to stand firm.
8. compress, grind, reduce, mill, crush, pound, squeeze, tread, pulp, mash, trample, condense, pulverize, tamp, macerate The grapes are hand-picked and pressed.
9. crowd, push, gather, rush, surge, mill, hurry, cluster, flock, herd, swarm, hasten, seethe, throng As the music stopped, the crowd pressed forward.
noun
2. crowd, host, pack, crush, bunch, mob, flock, herd, push (informal), swarm, horde, multitude, throng There was still a press of people around the Victoria Memorial.
press on
1. continue, proceed, carry on, keep going, move forward, make progress, press ahead, persevere, not give up, soldier on (informal), push on, struggle on, forge ahead, go the distance, stay the course, keep at it, stick at it (informal) Organizers of the strike are determined to press on.
2. (Archaic) trouble, worry, plague, torment, harass, afflict, besiege, beset, disquiet, vex, assail The weight of guilt pressed on her.
the press
4. journalists, correspondents, reporters, photographers, columnists, pressmen, newsmen, journos (slang), gentlemen of the press He looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press.
Quotations
«The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information» [Christopher Lasch `Journalism, Publicity, and the Lost Art of Political Argument’]
«Thou god of our idolatry, the press…»
«Thou fountain, at which drink the good and wise;»
«Thou ever-bubbling spring of endless lies;»
«Like Eden’s dread probationary tree,»
«Knowledge of good and evil is from thee» [William Cowper The Progress of Error]
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
press
verb
1. To act on with a steady pushing force:
3. To extract from by applying pressure:
4. To smooth by applying heat and pressure:
5. To congregate, as around a person:
6. To put one’s arms around affectionately:
8. To do or achieve by forcing obstacles out of one’s way:
9. To solicit (something) insistently:
noun
1. Journalists and journalism in general:
2. An enormous number of persons gathered together:
crowd, crush, drove, flock, horde, mass, mob, multitude, ruck, swarm, throng.
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Translations
رِجال الصَّحافَهصَحَافَةصَحافَهضَغْط، عَصْر، كَبْسمِطْبَعَه، آلة طِباعَه
tiskstisknouttisknoutlislisovat
pressestrygningtrykjournalister
puristinpainaapainopainokonepunnerrus
pritisnutitisak
megnyomsajtóprésrábírszekrény
blaîamennhvetja; reka á eftirkreistaòrÿsta áòrÿsta á, halda fast fram
押す棚ズボンプレスズボンプレッサータンス
누르다압축기계
būti sunkioje padėtyjepaspaudimaspresaspresuotiprimygtinai siekti
gludināšanagludinātiespiedmašīnaizspiestpieprasīt
lisovaťnovináripritlačiť satlačiarenský strojtlačiarsky lis
likanjelikatipriganjatipritiskpritisniti
presspressatrycka
กดหนังสือพิมพ์
báo chíép
press
[pres]
A. NOUN
1. (Publishing)
1.3. (= publishing firm) → editorial f
6. (Weightlifting) → presa f
B. TRANSITIVE VERB
2. (using press) [+ grapes, olives, flowers] → prensar
3. (= iron) [+ clothes] → planchar
4. (Tech) (= make) [+ machine part] → prensar; [+ record, disk] → imprimir
press back VT + ADV [+ crowd, enemy] → obligar a retroceder
he pressed himself back against the wall → se apretó contra la pared
press down
B. VI + ADV to press down on sth (gen) → presionar algo, hacer presión sobre algo; (on pedal, accelerator) → pisar algo
press forward VI + ADV
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
press
[ˈprɛs]
n
(also printing press) → presse f
to go to press [newspaper] → aller à l’impression
to be in the press (= being printed) → être sous presse
(= publishing house) → presses fpl
(= apparatus) (for flattening) → presse f; (for extracting liquid) → pressoir m
modif [announcement, association, photographer, reporter, screening, spokesman, statement, tent] → de presse; [censorship, freedom,] → de la presse press kit, press launch, press pack, press pass
vt
(= push) [+ button, switch, accelerator] → appuyer sur
He pressed the accelerator → Il a appuyé sur l’accélérateur.
He pressed his back against the door
BUT Il s’adossa à la porte.
press «return» → tapez «return»
(= clasp) [+ sb’s hand, person] → serrer
(= crush) [+ garlic, grapes, lemon] → presser
(= put forward strongly) [+ demands, claim, viewpoint] → imposer
to press one’s case → plaider sa cause
to press one’s case for sth → plaider la cause de qch
(= make in a mould) [+ car parts] → presser; [+ CD, record] → presser
vi
(= apply pressure) → appuyer
Don’t press too hard! → N’appuie pas trop fort!
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
press
press
:
press agent
n → Presseagent(in) m(f)
press attaché
n → Presseattaché m
press baron
n → Pressezar m
press box
n → Pressetribüne f
press card
n → Presseausweis m
press centre, (US) press center
Press Complaints Commission
n (Brit) → Presseaufsichtsrat m
press gallery
n (esp Jur, Parl) → Pressetribüne f
press gang
n (Hist) (for navy) → Presspatrouille f; (for army) → Werber pl
vt (esp Brit inf) → dazu drängen; to press-gang somebody into (doing) something → jdn drängen, etw zu tun
press
:
press kit
n → Pressemappe f
press
:
press release
n → Pressemitteilung f → or -verlautbarung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
press
[prɛs]
press down
1. vi + adv to press down (on) → premere (su)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
press
(pres) verb
1. to use a pushing motion (against). Press the bell twice!; The children pressed close to their mother.
2. to squeeze; to flatten. The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.
3. to urge or hurry. He pressed her to enter the competition.
4. to insist on. The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.
5. to iron. Your trousers need to be pressed.
noun
1. an act of pressing. He gave her hand a press; You had better give your shirt a press.
2. (also ˈprinting-press) a printing machine.
3. newspapers in general. It was reported in the press; (also adjective) a press photographer.
4. the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists. The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.
5. a device or machine for pressing. a wine-press; a flower-press.
ˈpressing adjective
urgent. a pressing invitation.
press conference
a meeting in which information is given to journalists.
ˈpress-cutting noun
an article cut out of a newspaper or magazine.
be hard pressed
to be in difficulties. He’s hard pressed financially.
be pressed for
to be short of. I must hurry – I’m pressed for time.
press for
to try to get; to keep demanding. The miners are pressing for higher wages.
press forward/on
to continue (in spite of difficulties). She pressed on with her work.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
press
→ صَحَافَة, يَضْغَط stisknout, tisk presse drücken, Presse πιέζω, τύπος apretar, prensa painaa, puristin appuyer, presse pritisnuti, tisak premere, stampa プレス機, 押す 누르다, 압축기계 drukken, pers presse nacisnąć, prasa comprimir, prensa давить, пресса press, pressa กด, หนังสือพิมพ์ bastırmak, pres báo chí, ép 压榨, 新闻
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
press
v. hacer presión, comprimir, oprimir.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Which button do I press?
- Do you have a press office?
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
press
vt presionar; (a button) presionar, pulsar, oprimir; Does it hurt when I press here?..¿Le duele cuando presiono aquí?
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /pɹɛs/
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology 1[edit]
Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).
Noun[edit]
press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)
- An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
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2004 10, “Maximum PC”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 25:
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Connecting to the service is almost idiot proof and takes just a few button presses.
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2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian[1]:
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a slaloming winger putting lumpen defenders on their backsides, or even a sneaky centre-forward, using his boundless energy to lead the press and force mistakes.
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- (countable) A device used to apply pressure to an item.
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a flower press
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- (countable) A printing machine.
- Synonym: printing press
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Stop the presses!
- (uncountable, collective) The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
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according to a member of the press
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This article appeared in the press.
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1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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From another point of view, it was a place without a soul. The well-to-do had hearts of stone; the rich were brutally bumptious; the Press, the Municipality, all the public men, were ridiculously, vaingloriously self-satisfied.
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2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
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British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
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- (countable) A publisher.
- (countable, especially in Ireland and Scotland) An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
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Put the cups in the press.
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Put the ironing in the linen press.
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1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
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But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a ‘bead’ could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
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- (countable, weightlifting) An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, p.22:
- This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench […].
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, p.22:
- (countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.
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He can even the match with a press.
- 2012, Gary McCord, Golf For Dummies
- The way a press works is, say you’re two down after six holes; you can then start another bet (in effect another match) from the seventh hole, for the same amount, starting all square on the seventh tee.
- 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Sports Betting (page 181)
- When a side is two or more points down in the match, they may request a press.
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- (countable) Pure, unfermented grape juice.
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I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.
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- A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
- Synonym: press-gang
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c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
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I have misused the king’s press.
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- (obsolete) A crowd.
- (psychology) In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
- 2009, Allison E. Smith, Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods (page 88)
- The environmental comfort category is illustrative of cases in which there are low environmental presses matched against a number of personal competences.
- 2009, Allison E. Smith, Ageing in Urban Neighbourhoods (page 88)
Synonyms[edit]
- (storage space): See closet, cupboard, pantry
Derived terms[edit]
- alternative press
- bench press
- close for press
- fly press
- fruit press
- go to press
- hot press
- press cake
- press gang
- press officer
- press roll
- press secretary
- press-mark
- screw press
- shoulder press
- stop the presses
- trade press
- trouser press
- vanity press
Translations[edit]
device used to apply pressure
- Belarusian: прэс m (pres)
- Bulgarian: преса (bg) f (presa)
- Catalan: premsa (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 壓機／压机 (zh) (yājī), 壓榨機／压榨机 (zh) (yāzhàjī)
- Czech: lis (cs) m
- Danish: presse c
- Dutch: (please verify) pers (nl) f or m
- Erzya: матрамка (matramka)
- Finnish: puristin (fi) (active), paino (fi) (passive)
- French: pressoir (fr) m
- Galician: prensa (gl) f
- German: Presse (de) f
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἶπος f (îpos), ἐκπιεστήριον n (ekpiestḗrion)
- Hungarian: prés (hu), sajtó (hu)
- Irish: preas m
- Italian: pressa (it) f, torchio (it) m
- Japanese: (for flowers) 押し花器 (oshibana-ki), (for pants) ズボンプレス (zubon-puresu), ズボンプレッサー (zubon-puressā), パンツプレス (pantsu-puresu), パンツプレッサー (pantsu-puressā), (for juice, oil, etc. by squeezing) 圧搾機 (assaku-ki)
- Kyrgyz: сыкма (ky) (sıkma)
- Latin: prēlum n, torcular n
- Macedonian: пре́са f (présa)
- Maori: perehi
- Ottoman Turkish: جندره (cendere)
- Picard: pressor
- Polish: prasa (pl) f
- Portuguese: prensa (pt) f, imprensa (pt)
- Romanian: teasc (ro) n
- Russian: пресс (ru) m (press) (industrial), соковыжима́лка (ru) f (sokovyžimálka) (for fruits and vegetables)
- Spanish: prensa (es) f
- Swedish: press (sv) c
- Ukrainian: прес m (pres)
printing machine
- Belarusian: друка́рскі варшта́т m (drukárski varštát)
- Catalan: premsa (ca) f, impressora (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 印刷機／印刷机 (zh) (yìnshuājī)
- Danish: trykpresse c
- Dutch: (please verify) pers (nl) f or m
- Esperanto: presilo
- Finnish: painokone (fi), paino (fi)
- French: imprimerie (fr)
- German: Druckerpresse f
- Hindi: मुद्रणालय (hi) m (mudraṇālay)
- Hungarian: sajtó (hu)
- Japanese: 印刷機 (いんさつき, insatsuki)
- Korean: 인쇄기 (ko) (inswaegi)
- Polish: prasa drukarska f
- Portuguese: imprensa (pt) f
- Russian: печа́тный стано́к m (pečátnyj stanók)
- Spanish: prensa (es) f
- Swedish: tryckpress (sv) c
- Ukrainian: друка́рський верста́т m (drukársʹkyj verstát)
Etymology 2[edit]
Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere «to press». Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”).
Verb[edit]
press (third-person singular simple present presses, present participle pressing, simple past and past participle pressed or prest)
- (transitive, intransitive) To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.
- (transitive, mechanics, electronics) To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.
- Synonyms: strike, hit, depress
- (transitive) To compress, squeeze.
- Synonyms: thring, thrutch; see also Thesaurus:compress
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to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice
- (transitive) To clasp, hold in an embrace.
- Synonym: hug
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a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “The Last Parting of Hector and Andromache. From the Sixth Book of the Iliad.”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 456:
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With tears and ſmiles ſhe took her ſon, and preſs’d / Th’ illuſtrious infant to her fragrant breaſt.
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- (transitive) To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.
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to press a hat
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- (transitive, sewing) To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.
- (transitive) To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.
- Synonyms: thring, thrutch
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to press a crowd back
- (transitive, obsolete) To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.
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c. 1621, John Fletcher, “act I, scene ii”, in The Pilgrim:
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He turns from us; / Alas, he weeps too! Something presses him / He would reveal, but dare not. Sir, be comforted.
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- (transitive) To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.
- Synonym: impel
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1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan):
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The two gentlemen who conducted me to the island were pressed by their private affairs to return in three days.
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- To try to force (something upon someone).
- Synonyms: urge, inculcate
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to press the Bible on an audience
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1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar: Or, the Double Discovery. […], London: […] Richard Tonson and Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act II, page 27:
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He press’d a letter upon me within this hour.
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1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
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Be sure to press upon him every motive.
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- (transitive) To hasten, urge onward.
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to press a horse in a race
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- (transitive) To urge, beseech, entreat.
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1825, John Winthrop, The History of New England, volume II, page 29:
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God heard their prayers, wherein they earnestly pressed him for the honor of his great name.
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- (transitive) To lay stress upon.
- Synonym: emphasize
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1873, Matthew Arnold, “preface”, in Literature and Dogma:
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If we read but a very little, we naturally want to press it all; if we read a great deal, we are willing not to press the whole of what we read, and we learn what ought to be pressed and what not.
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- (transitive, intransitive) To throng, crowd.
- Synonyms: thring, thrutch; see also Thesaurus:assemble
- (transitive, obsolete) To print.
- To force into service, particularly into naval service.
- Synonym: press-gang
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1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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The peaceful peasant to the wars is press’d.
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Derived terms[edit]
- press charges
- press on
Translations[edit]
to apply pressure
- Arabic: ضَغَطَ (ḍaḡaṭa)
- Armenian: սեղմել (hy) (sełmel)
- Assamese: টিপা (tipa), চেপা (sepa), হেঁচা (hẽsa)
- Azerbaijani: sıxmaq (az), basmaq (az)
- Bulgarian: натискам (bg) (natiskam), налягам (bg) (naljagam)
- Burmese: နှိပ် (my) (hnip)
- Catalan: prémer (ca), pitjar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 按 (zh) (àn), 壓／压 (zh) (yā)
- Min Nan: 揤 (zh-min-nan) (tshi̍h)
- Chuvash: пус (pus)
- Czech: tisknout (cs), stisknout
- Dutch: drukken (nl)
- Esperanto: premi (eo)
- Finnish: painaa (fi)
- French: presser (fr), appuyer (fr)
- Galician: prensar, presionar, pisar (gl), premer (gl), sobar (gl)
- Gallurese: abbaticà
- Georgian: შეკუმშვა (šeḳumšva)
- German: drücken (de)
- Hindi: दबाना (hi) (dabānā)
- Hungarian: nyom (hu), megnyom (hu), benyom (hu)
- Ido: presar (io)
- Italian: premere (it)
- Japanese: 押す (ja) (おす, osu)
- Javanese: peres (jv), meres (jv)
- Kabuverdianu: kalka
- Khmer: សង្កត់ (km) (sɑŋkɑt)
- Korean: 누르다 (ko) (nureuda)
- Kyrgyz: басуу (ky) (basuu)
- Latin: premō
- Macedonian: при́тисне (prítisne)
- Malay: perah (ms)
- Mongolian: дарах (mn) (darax)
- Norman: prêssi (Jersey)
- Occitan: prémer
- Persian: فشردن (fa) (fešordan)
- Polish: dociskać impf, docisnąć pf, przyciskać (pl) impf, przycisnąć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: prensar, pressionar (pt)
- Quechua: ñit’iy
- Romanian: apăsa (ro)
- Russian: нажима́ть (ru) impf (nažimátʹ), жать (ru) impf (žatʹ), нажа́ть (ru) pf (nažátʹ), дави́ть (ru) impf (davítʹ), надави́ть (ru) pf (nadavítʹ)
- Sanskrit: पीडयति (sa) (pīḍayati)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: caccigai, craccai, aprettai
- Logudorese: abbattigare, abbattire, carcare
- Serbo-Croatian: pritisnuti (sh) pf
- Spanish: prensar (es), presionar (es), oprimir (es)
- Swedish: trycka (sv), pressa (sv)
- Thai: ดัน (th) (dan), กด (th) (gòt)
- Turkish: basmak (tr)
- Urdu: دبانا (dabānā)
- Vietnamese: ấn (vi), ép (vi), nhấn (vi)
to urge
- Bulgarian: настоявам (bg) (nastojavam)
- Macedonian: насто́јува (nastójuva)
- Maori: kūene, nonoi
- Old English: crūdan
- Portuguese: insistir (pt)
to indicate that a story is being printed
- Bulgarian: печатам (bg) (pečatam)
- Macedonian: пе́чати (péčati)
Translations to be checked
- Catalan: (please verify) prémer (ca)
- Dutch: (please verify) drukken (nl)
- French: (please verify) appuyer (fr)
- German: (please verify) drücken (de), (please verify) drängen (de)
- Korean: (please verify) 누르다 (ko) (nureuda)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: (please verify) پەستن (pestin)
See also[edit]
- hot press (baking, laundry)
- hot off the press (printing)
- press down
References[edit]
- Entry for the imperfect and past participle in Webster’s dictionary
- “press”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “press”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Anagrams[edit]
- ERSPs, RESPs, SERPs, Spers
German[edit]
Verb[edit]
press
- singular imperative of pressen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of pressen
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the verb presse.
Noun[edit]
press n (definite singular presset, indefinite plural press, definite plural pressa or pressene)
- pressure
- (weightlifting) a press
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- trykk
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
press
- imperative of presse
References[edit]
- “press” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “press_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb presse.
Noun[edit]
press n (definite singular presset, indefinite plural press, definite plural pressa)
- pressure
- (weightlifting) a press
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- trykk
References[edit]
- “press” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
press m (plural press)
- press (exercise)
Swedish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
press c
- a press; a tool that applies pressure (to make things flat, to make juice)
- a (printing) press
- stoppa pressarna
- stop the presses
- stoppa pressarna
- the press (newspapers, journalism as a branch of society)
- (mental) pressure
- a muscle exercise that applies pressure
Declension[edit]
| Declension of press | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | press | pressen | pressar | pressarna |
| Genitive | press | pressens | pressars | pressarnas |
[edit]
- apelsinpress
- bänkpress
- benpress
- blompress
- brevpress
- pressa
- pressbyrå
- pressfrihet
- pressning
- tryckpress
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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023 press1 /prɛs/USA pronunciation
n.
Idioms
press•er, n. [countable]See -press-.
press2 /prɛs/USA pronunciation
-press-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023 press1
v.i.
n.
press′a•ble, adj.
n.
Press
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: press /prɛs/ vb
n
Etymology: 14th Century pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to press press /prɛs/ vb (transitive)
n
Etymology: 16th Century: back formation from prest to recruit soldiers; see prest²; also influenced by press1 ‘press‘ also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations): |
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