Contents
- Highest scoring words with Press
- 11-letter words with Press
- 10-letter words with Press
- 9-letter words with Press
- 8-letter words with Press
- 7-letter words with Press
- 5-letter words with Press
- FAQs about words with Press
The highest scoring words with Press
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not including the 50-point bonus if they use seven letters.
| Top words with Press | Scrabble Points | Words With Friends Points |
|---|---|---|
| depress | 10 | 11 |
| presses | 9 | 10 |
| presser | 9 | 10 |
| cypress | 14 | 15 |
| express | 16 | 17 |
| impress | 11 | 13 |
| repress | 9 | 10 |
| empress | 11 | 13 |
| pressed | 10 | 11 |
| oppress | 11 | 13 |
156 Scrabble words that contain Press
11 Letter Words With Press
- acupressure15
- appressoria15
- compressing18
- compression17
- compressive20
- compressors17
- corepressor15
- depressants14
- depressible16
- depressions14
- depressives17
- derepressed15
- derepresses14
- expressages21
- expressible22
- expressions20
- expressways26
- handpresses17
- hotpressing17
- impressible17
- impressions15
- impressment17
- impressures15
- letterpress13
- oppressions15
- outpressing14
- overimpress18
- pressboards16
- pressurised14
- pressurises13
- pressurized23
- pressurizer22
- pressurizes22
- reexpressed21
- reexpresses20
- repressible15
- repressions13
- suppressant15
- suppressing16
- suppression15
- suppressive18
- suppressors15
- unexpressed21
- unimpressed16
- unpressured14
- unrepressed14
- vasopressin16
- vasopressor16
- winepresses16
10 Letter Words With Press
- compressed17
- compresses16
- compressor16
- decompress17
- depressant13
- depressing14
- depression13
- depressive16
- depressors13
- expressage20
- expressers19
- expressing20
- expression19
- expressive22
- expressman21
- expressmen21
- expressway25
- hotpressed16
- hotpresses15
- impressing15
- impression14
- impressive17
- impressure14
- oppressing15
- oppression14
- oppressive17
- oppressors14
- outpressed13
- outpresses12
- pressboard15
- pressgangs14
- pressingly16
- pressmarks18
- pressrooms14
- pressuring13
- pressurise12
- pressurize21
- pressworks19
- repressers12
- repressing13
- repression12
- repressive15
- repressors12
- suppressed15
- suppresses14
- suppressor14
9 Letter Words With Press
- antipress11
- appressed14
- cypresses16
- depressed13
- depresses12
- depressor12
- derepress12
- empresses13
- espressos11
- expressed19
- expresser18
- expresses18
- expressly21
- expressos18
- handpress15
- impressed14
- impresses13
- oppressed14
- oppresses13
- oppressor13
- pressgang13
- pressings12
- pressmark17
- pressroom13
- pressruns11
- pressured12
- pressures11
- presswork18
- reexpress18
- repressed12
- represser11
- represses11
- repressor11
- unpressed12
- winepress14
5 Letter Words With Press
- press7
FAQ on words containing Press
What are the best Scrabble words with Press?
The highest scoring Scrabble word containing Press is Expressways, which is worth at least 26 points without
any bonuses.
The next best word with Press is presses, which is worth 9 points.
Other high score words with Press are
presser (9),
cypress (14),
express (16),
impress (11),
repress (9),
empress (11),
pressed (10),
and
oppress (11).
How many words contain Press?
There are 156 words that contaih Press in the Scrabble dictionary.
Of those
49 are 11 letter
words,
46 are 10 letter
words,
35 are 9 letter
words,
14 are 8 letter
words,
11 are 7 letter
words,
and
1 is a 5 letter
word.
‘THE PRESS’ is a 8 letter
Phrase
starting with T and ending with S
Synonyms, crossword answers and other related words for THE PRESS
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verb (used with object)
to act upon with steadily applied weight or force.
to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner.
to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or size: He pressed the clay into a ball.
to weigh heavily upon; subject to pressure.
to hold closely, as in an embrace; clasp: He pressed her in his arms.
to flatten or make smooth, especially by ironing: to press clothes;to press flowers in the leaves of a book.
to extract juice, sugar, etc., from by pressure: to press grapes.
to squeeze out or express, as juice: to press the juice from grapes.
to beset or harass; afflict: He was pressed by problems on all sides.
to trouble or oppress; put into a difficult position, as by depriving: Poverty pressed them hard.
to urge or entreat strongly or insistently: He pressed his parents to take him along. The interviewer pressed her for an explanation.
to emphasize or propound forcefully; insist upon: He pressed his own ideas on us.
to plead or pursue with insistence: The union’s shop steward pressed a complaint on the employee’s behalf.
to urge onward; hasten: He pressed his horse to go faster.
to push forward.
verb (used without object)
to manufacture (phonograph records, videodiscs, or the like), especially by stamping from a mold or matrix.
to exert weight, force, or pressure.
Weightlifting. to raise or lift, especially a specified amount of weight, in a press.
to iron clothing, curtains, etc.
to bear heavily, as upon the mind.
(of athletes and competitors) to perform tensely or overanxiously, as when one feels pressured or is determined to break out of a slump; strain because of frustration: For days he hasn’t seemed able to buy a hit, and he’s been pressing.
to compel haste: Time presses.
to demand immediate attention.
to use urgent entreaty: to press for an answer.
to push forward or advance with force, eagerness, or haste: The army pressed to reach the river by dawn.
to crowd or throng.
Basketball. to employ a press.
noun
the state of being pressed.
printed publications collectively, especially newspapers and periodicals.
all the media and agencies that print, broadcast, or gather and transmit news, including newspapers, newsmagazines, radio and television news bureaus, and wire services.
the editorial employees, taken collectively, of these media and agencies.
(often used with a plural verb) a group of news reporters, or of news reporters and news photographers: The press are in the outer office, waiting for a statement.
the consensus of the general critical commentary or the amount of coverage accorded a person, thing, or event, especially in newspapers and periodicals (often preceded by good or bad): The play received a good press.The minister’s visit got a bad press.
an establishment for printing books, magazines, etc.
the process or art of printing.
any of various devices or machines for exerting pressure, stamping, or crushing.
a wooden or metal viselike device for preventing a tennis or other racket from warping when not in use.
a pressing or pushing forward.
a crowding, thronging, or pressing together; collective force: The press of the crowd drove them on.
a crowd, throng, or multitude.
the desired smooth or creased effect caused by ironing or pressing: His suit was out of press.
pressure or urgency, as of affairs or business.
an upright case or other piece of furniture for holding clothes, books, pamphlets, etc.
Basketball. an aggressive form of defense in which players guard opponents very closely.
Weightlifting. a lift in which the barbell, after having been lifted from the ground up to chest level, is pushed to a position overhead with the arms extended straight up, without moving the legs or feet.
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Idioms about press
go to press, to begin being printed: The last edition has gone to press.
Origin of press
1
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English noun press(e), pres(e) “throng, company, trouble, machine for pressing, clothespress,” from Old French presse, prese, derivative of presser “to press,” from Latin pressāre, frequentative of premere (past participle pressus ) “to press” (compare rare Old English press “clothespress,” from Medieval Latin pressa, noun use of feminine of pressus); Middle English verb pressen, pres(se), from Old French pres(s)er, from Latin pressāre, as above
OTHER WORDS FROM press
press·a·ble, adjective
Words nearby press
pre-Socratic, presort, Prespa, pres. part., Presque Isle, press, press agency, press agent, press-agentry, press association, press-back
Other definitions for press (2 of 3)
verb (used with object)
to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
to make use of in a manner different from that intended or desired: French taxis were pressed into service as troop transports.
noun
impressment into service, especially naval or military service.
Origin of press
2
First recorded in 1535–45; back formation from prest, past participle of obsolete prest “to take (men) for military service,” verb use of prest2 (in the sense “enlistment money”)
Other definitions for press (3 of 3)
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MORE ABOUT PRESS
What is a basic definition of press?
Press means to apply force to something or to move something to a certain spot or position. Press is also used as a noun to refer to the media or media coverage. Press has many other senses as a verb and a noun.
Press means to apply steady force to something, often with a finger or hand. For example, you press the power button on a remote control to turn a TV on.
- Real-life examples: You press the buttons on a microwave to make it work. A person must press the keys on a keyboard in order to type on a computer.
- Used in a sentence: Janelle pressed the pause button on the controller before getting a snack.
Press can also mean to use force to move something into a specific position.
- Real-life examples: Prison guards may press prisoners against a wall in order to search them. People press their hands together when praying. A customer might press their movie ticket against the glass of a teller’s booth to show that they bought one.
- Used in a sentence: My friend pressed the poster against the wall while I taped it down.
The word press is used as a noun to collectively refer to all the newspapers, TV programs, radio shows, and other means of communication that make up the news media. The people who work for organizations that produce these communications are also referred to as the press.
- Real-life examples: Politicians, athletes, scientists, and police often answer questions from the press. Citizens rely on the press for accurate news and to learn about what is happening in the world.
- Used in a sentence: The senator refused to talk to the press.
In a similar sense, the word press also refers to the stories and other communications that news media create to inform their audience.
- Used in a sentence: His son’s acts of charity always provided good press for the mayor.
Where does press come from?
The first records of press come from around 1175. Both the noun and verb senses of press ultimately come from the Latin verb pressāre.
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How is press used in real life?
Press is a very common word that often refers to applying force to things or the news media.
Driving with my parents is like driving with an air-horn pressed against my ear
— rome (@RSansone12) May 5, 2013
Mark Zuckerberg is taking questions from the press, but the Q&A session isn’t being live streamed.
— Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) March 7, 2013
*me re-reading my own tweet with a spelling error that wasn’t there when I pressed send* pic.twitter.com/jXLLPf9ENy
— sharine taylor 🇯🇲 (@shharine) February 26, 2021
Try using press!
Is press used correctly in the following sentence?
The doctor gently pressed the stethoscope against the patient’s chest to listen for a heat beat.
Words related to press
journalist, magazine, media, newsperson, publisher, reporter, writer, crowd, squeeze, assail, demand, force, petition, push, sue, urge, worry, columnist, correspondent, editor
How to use press in a sentence
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Apple has removed the ability of the watch to sense deep presses on the screen, a feature it called 3D Touch on all previous models.
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Still, a lightning storm of 11,000 lightning strikes struck the San Francisco Bay Area in mid-august and ignited over 367 new fires, says Cal Fire’s division chief Jeremy Rahn in a press release.
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Navigating your phone and typingA long press on any app icon on the home screen on Android or iOS will reveal some useful time-saving shortcuts.
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As of press time, here is a guide to some of the LGBTQ programs that are on the calendar.
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At a press conference Friday, the Union-Tribune reports, Assemblyman Todd Gloria urged the city to investigate what happened and urged NBC 7 to be transparent about its own efforts to understand how it got duped.
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Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
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Sadly, it appears the American press often doesn’t need any outside help when it comes to censoring themselves.
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This time it would be the biggest mistake for the Western press to repeat that—absolutely the biggest mistake.
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But the most important point I want to make is about what the press does now.
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And finally, this is who most of our political press is—gullible enough to be surprised by either of the first two.
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If the «Y» Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
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«We will go to the Hotel de l’Europe, if you press it;» and away the cabriolet joggled over the roughly paved street.
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He does well to be proud of his men and of the way they played up to-day when he called upon them to press back the enemy.
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He was to pay one third of the amount before the book went to press, the balance he was to pay within a reasonable time.
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Here, Mr. Slocum paused to wipe his spectacles, and the wife seized the opportunity to press the question.
British Dictionary definitions for press (1 of 2)
verb
to apply or exert weight, force, or steady pressure onhe pressed the button on the camera
(tr) to squeeze or compress so as to alter in shape or form
to apply heat or pressure to (clothing) so as to smooth out or mark with creases; iron
to make (objects) from soft material by pressing with a mould, form, etc, esp to make gramophone records from plastic
(tr) to hold tightly or clasp, as in an embrace
(tr) to extract or force out (juice) by pressure (from)
(tr) weightlifting to lift (a weight) successfully with a presshe managed to press 280 pounds
(tr) to force, constrain, or compel
to importune or entreat (a person) insistently; urgethey pressed for an answer
to harass or cause harassment
(tr) to plead or put forward strongly or importunatelyto press a claim
(intr) to be urgent
(tr; usually passive) to have little ofwe’re hard pressed for time
(when intr, often foll by on or forward) to hasten or advance or cause to hasten or advance in a forceful manner
(intr) to crowd; throng; push
(tr) (formerly) to put to death or subject to torture by placing heavy weights upon
(tr) archaic to trouble or oppress
press charges to bring charges against a person
noun
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
the art or process of printing
at the press or in the press being printed
to press or to the press to be printedwhen is this book going to press?
the press
- news media and agencies collectively, esp newspapers
- (as modifier)a press matter; press relations
the press those who work in the news media, esp newspaper reporters and photographers
the opinions and reviews in the newspapers, etcthe play received a poor press
the act of pressing or state of being pressed
the act of crowding, thronging, or pushing together
a closely packed throng of people; crowd; multitude
urgency or hurry in business affairs
a cupboard, esp a large one used for storing clothes or linen
a wood or metal clamp or vice to prevent tennis rackets, etc, from warping when not in use
weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head
Word Origin for press
C14 pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to press
British Dictionary definitions for press (2 of 2)
verb (tr)
to recruit (men) by forcible measures for military service
to use for a purpose other than intended, (esp in the phrase press into service)
noun
recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang
Word Origin for press
C16: back formation from prest to recruit soldiers; see prest ²; also influenced by press 1
Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with press
In addition to the idioms beginning with press
- pressed for time
- press into service
- press on
- press one’s luck
- press the flesh
also see:
- hard pressed
- hot off the press
- push (press) one’s luck
- push (press) someone’s buttons
Also see underpush.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
A. Complete using the correct form of the words in the box.
1 John Sanders, MP, ………………… any involvement in the scandal when asked about it yesterday.
2 The politician ………………… to say more when questioned by reporters this morning.
3 Johnny Depp rarely ………………… invitations to do interviews.
4 Johnny Depp ………………… to appear at a press conference to promote his latest film.
5 Did you see the newspaper ………………… this morning?
6 If you give every paragraph of your report a …………………, it’ll be easier to read.
7 Living Today has got a special ………………… this month on healthy diets. There are interviews with nutritionists, menus, recipes, and loads of other things too.
8 There’s an interesting ………………… in the paper about the Constitution of the European Union.
9 I generally trust what I hear on the news, but rarely believe anything I read in the ………………… .
10 The ………………… involve print journalism, TV, radio and even electronic forms of communication such as the Internet.
11 We interrupt this programme to bring you an urgent ………………… .
12 And we’ll be back with our regular ………………… at seven o’clock.
Answers
1 denied 2 refused 3 accepts 4 (has) agreed
5 headline(s) 6 heading 7 feature 8 article
9 press 10 media 11 newsflash 12 bulletin
B. Circle the correct word or phrase.
1 It’s a great computer programme / program once you get the hang of it.
2 I hate tabloid / broadsheet newspapers; they’re just full of gossip, scandal and lies!
3 As a journalist / columnist for a local paper, you don’t have to interview people or attend events. You just have to express your opinions about the issues of the day.
4 There’s a great talk / quiz / game show on BBC1 tonight. Contestants have to race through a supermarket as quickly as they can, filling up their trolleys as they go.
5 On some TV channels, an announcer / a commentator tells you what the next programme is going to be.
6 Join us at half past nine for a live broadcast / channel of the State Opening of Parliament.
Answers
1 program 2 tabloid 3 columnist
4 game 5 an announcer 6 broadcast
C. Write on word in each gap.
1 Please do not ……………… over your examination papers until you are instructed to do so.
2 I had to ……………… in so many forms. It took me hours!
3 I’d like everyone here to ……………… forward as many suggestions as possible.
4 There was a guy in the street ……………… out free tickets to that new quiz show.
5 He ……………… out that he’d worked in children’s TV, but in fact he’s never been near a TV studio!
6 Could you ……………… up her number in the phone book?
7 She ……………… out as one of the finest contemporary British novelists around at the moment.
Answers
1 turn 2 fill 3 put 4 handing/giving
5 made 6 look 7 stands
D. Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1 Her latest bestseller was published last month. out
Her latest bestseller …………………………………… last month.
2 That story’s not true, is it? up
You ……………………………………, didn’t you?
3 The programme starts at half past six. on
The programme …………………………………… at half past six.
4 The documentary didn’t really explore why the rainforests are being cut down. into
The documentary didn’t really …………………………………… why the rainforests are being cut down.
5 I had a quick look at the magazine in the dentist’s waiting room. through
I …………………………………… in the dentist’s waiting room
6 I don’t think we need to mention that now. up
I don’t think we need to …………………………………… now.
7 Your lies don’t fool me! through
I can …………………………………… your lies!
Answers
1 came out/ was brought out
2 made that story up/ made up that story
3 comes on/ is on
4 go into
5 flicked through the magazine
6 bring that up
7 see through
E. Choose the correct answer.
1 It’s not always easy to ………… the difference between fact and opinion.
A make B do
C say D tell
2 The debate will ………… place tonight.
A be B have
C take D make
3 In my …………, freedom of the press must be maintained.
A mind B view
C sight D thought
4 Media mogul Ronald Morduck has ………… control of another tabloid.
A made B found
C give D taken
5 They ………… a description of the robber on CrimeTime and it sounded like you!
A made B told
C said D gave
6 J.K. Rowling has ………… an enormous influence on children’s literature.
A had B given
C done D set
7 I could spend hours ………… the Internet!
A surfing B diving
C sailing D swimming
8 They said ………… the news that the price of petrol is going up again.
A from B in
C on D at
9 The issue ………… question is more complex than you think.
A from B in
C on D at
10 Watch ………… for words like ‘so-called’ in articles as they express the writer’s bias.
A about B around
C over D out
Answers
1 D 2 C 3 B 4 D 5 D 6 A
7 A 8 C 9 B 10 D
F. Each of the words in bold is incorrect. Rewrite them correctly.
1 He’s been described by several critics for our greatest living poet. ………………
2 I think you’ve confused tabloids by broadsheets. ………………
3 Do you believe about telepathy? ………………
4 There’s no point of trying to get an interview with him. He never does interviews! ………………
5 According from this report, scientists have discovered a new planet. ………………
6 The facts in this article don’t correspond about my own experience at all. ………………
Answers
1 as 2 with 3 in 4 in 5 to 6 with
G. Water has damaged part of this text about an announcement. Read it and decide what you think each of the original words was. Write the words in the blank spaces.
The announcement
The editor sent an e-mail (1) …………… every journalist on the news desk announcing (2) …………… there would be an emergency editorial meeting at one o’clock. I had heard (3) …………… the problems the paper was facing and I heard (4) …………… one of my colleagues that the paper might be going to close. Whatever it was, it was likely (5) …………… be bad news. At the meeting, the editor told us (6) …………… to tell anyone else yet, but the paper had been taken over by Ronald Morduck. He said he had only been informed (7) …………… the decision that morning. We were all so surprised (8) …………… the news that nobody knew what to say. I made a comment (9) …………… a colleague that it was time to start looking for a new job. The editor heard this, and finally managed to persuade us not (10) …………… quit until we had seen what changes would be made.
Answers
1 to 2 that 3 about 4 from 5 to
6 not 7 of/about 8 by/at 9 to 10 to
H. Complete the sentences by changing the form of the word in capitals when this necessary.
1 Why do press photographers think they can turn up at a celebrity’s house completely …………………. (ANNOUNCE)?
2 How many means of …………………. (COMMUNICATE) do you use on a regular basis?
3 Could you write an …………………. (EDIT) for the next issue of the school magazine?
4 You have to have a sense of …………………. (HUMOUR) to work on children’s TV!
5 There’s an …………………. (WRITE) rule on tabloid newspapers that the truth always takes second place to a good story.
6 When Jill was at …………………. (SECOND) school she used to dream of being a DJ on local radio.
7 Are you thinking of a career in …………………. (JOURNAL)?
8 You don’t actually get a lot of …………………. (INFORM) from a news report on radio or TV.
Answers
1 unannounced 2 communication 3 editorial
4 humour 5 unwritten 6 secondary
7 journalism 8 information
I. Complete the text by changing the form of the word in capitals.
Politics on TV
I love watching (1) …………………. (DISCUSS) programmes, and I love politics, so you’d think I’d enjoy watching (2) …………………. (POLITICS) being interviewed on TV. But I don’t. All too often, (3) …………………. (JOURNAL) ask them the most (4) …………………. (RIDICULE) questions, and, when they do get an interesting question, I sit there watching in (5) …………………. (BELIEVE) as some of the most (6) …………………. (POWER) people in the country give totally (7) …………………. (CONVINCE) responses. It’s as if they don’t care whether their reply is (8) …………………. (BELIEVE) or not. Often, they’re very poor (9) …………………. (COMMUNICATE), and they’re frequently even more (10) …………………. (INFORM) about key issues than I am. I don’t expect them to be particularly (11) …………………. (HUMOUR) – they are serious people, after all – but at least they could say something interesting occasionally. It makes me want to stand for election myself!
Answers
1 discussion 2 politicians 3 journalists 4 ridiculous
5 disbelief 6 powerful 7 unconvincing 8 believable
9 communicators 10 uninformed 11 humorous
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press verb
(PERSUADE)
He’s pressing me for an answer.
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press noun
(BOOKS)
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press noun
(PUSH)
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(Definition of press from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
press | American Dictionary
press verb
(PUSH)
press verb
(PERSUADE)
Marquez will visit Washington to press his country’s case.
Phrasal verbs
press noun
(DEVICE)
press noun
(NEWSPAPERS)
press noun
(PUBLISHER)
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press | Business English
Phrasal verbs
COMMUNICATIONS
(also the press)
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Examples of press
press
My comments here, however, are very general, and apply to any argument which presses the problem of evil on the basis of empirical evidence.
However, some issues are pressing and the pilot has had to find the answers itself.
The participants were asked to indicate if they detected the target by pressing separate buttons on the keyboard (‘ 1 ‘=yes, ‘ 9 ‘=no).
In some, the animals’ bodies are pressed into clumsy and unnaturalistic positions more suited to a human body.
The subject had to respond to the square immediately after it appeared on the display by pressing a key on a special keyboard.
The plasma pressed by the magnetic field to the internal electrode is unstable because of an unfavorable curvature of the magnetic field lines.
Cats were strongly discouraged from arbitrarily pressing the response pedal.
Her comrades pressed her to go, but she was already distancing herself from them and decided to stay behind.
In essence, beginners pressed for being included as the beneficiaries of this technology.
One is the arrival of keyboard microcomputers, the twentieth-century equivalent of the fifteenth-century printing presses…
The intestine was then divided into ten equal sections, pressed in a trichine compressorium and cysticercoids counted under the microscope.
Large groups, perhaps corporate parties, find appropriate places for pressing flesh, or whatever it is that they do.
Specifically, they pressed for high tariffs on select groups of goods and low or zero tariffs on raw materials, intermediate, and capital goods.
Based on the epidemiological data of our study, there is a pressing need to implement control measures on this population.
Trematodes were fixed in glacial acetic acid and pressed between two slides, and preserved in 70% ethyl alcohol.
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Collocations with press
These are words often used in combination with press.
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academic press
This book is not free of small flaws that the copy-editing services of an academic press would have picked up.
daily press
At roughly the same time, in the late 1960s, an intense debate arose in the daily press on issues related to immigration.
drill press
The peg assemblage is attached to a 6-axis force sensor which is held by a vertical sliding mechanism functioning as an inserter (drill press).
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