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comparative more pressing, superlative most pressing
Needing urgent attention. quotations examples
“I come on business.—Private,” he added, with a glance at the man who stood looking on, “and very pressing business.”
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], chapter 75
The rebuilding of damaged stations is proceeding slowly, on account of the shortage of building materials and the pressing needs of housing, but steady progress is being made.
1951 March, E. J. Tyler, “Post-War Recovery on the Netherlands Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 157
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.
2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, “Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'”, in The Guardian
Four Japanese torpedo boats launch an attack on the Suvorov. Despite burning steadily for several hours and now taking a torpedo to the stern, the ship still lashes out at its attackers with a few remaining guns. With no pressing need to continue the attack to closer range, the torpedo boats fall back, noting the position for a night attack if Suvorov survives that long.
2019 September 18, Drachinifel, 25:58 from the start, in Battle of Tsushima - When the 2nd Pacific Squadron thought it couldn't get any worse..., archived from the original on 4 December 2022
Insistent, earnest, or persistent. quotations examples
You are very pressing, Basil, but I am afraid I must go.
1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter 2, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London, New York, N.Y., Melbourne, Vic.: Ward Lock & Co.
He was pressing and persuasive.
1908, Joseph Conrad, The Duel
plural pressings
The application of pressure by a press or other means. examples
A metal or plastic part made with a press. examples
The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron. examples
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. examples
The extraction of juice from fruit using a press. examples
A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time. examples
Urgent insistence. examples
present participle of press examples