pressing

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪŋ === Adjective === pressing (comparative more pressing, superlative most pressing) Needing urgent attention. Insistent, earnest, or persistent. ==== Quotations ==== For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pressing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === pressing (plural pressings) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === pressing present participle and gerund of press === Anagrams === springes, presigns, spersing, Spigners, Persings == French == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from pressing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛ.siŋ/ ~ /pʁe.siŋ/ === Noun === pressing m (plural pressings) dry cleaning shop, a dry-cleaner's === Further reading === “pressing”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from press(ure) +‎ -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɛs.sinɡ/, /ˈprɛs.sin/ Rhymes: -ɛssinɡ, -ɛssin Hyphenation: près‧sing === Noun === pressing m (invariable) (sports, especially soccer) continuous and pressing action that does not allow the opposing team to catch its breath, aiming to remove the ball from its possession (figurative, by extension) pressure === References ===