Meaning of press | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
   countable, uncountable
2. Press, media.
3. A surname.
4. A device used to apply pressure to an item.
   countable
5. To be submitted for printing.
6. Submitted for printing; in the process of being printed.
7. A crowd.
   uncountable
8. To bring a formal accusation of criminal wrongdoing against someone.
9. A printing machine.
   countable
10. In a hurry; under time pressure.
11. The print-based media (both the people and the newspapers).
    collective, uncountable
12. To shake hands and mingle with many people, especially while campaigning for public office.
13. A publisher.
    countable
14. urgent. a pressing invitation. dringend ضاغِط، حثيث важен urgente naléhavý dringend presserende επείγων, πιεστικόςurgente, apremiante pakiline فوری kiireellinen urgent, pressantדחוף अत्यावश्यक tiskanje sürgős mendesak áríðandi urgente, pressante せつなる 긴급한 skubus steidzams; neatliekams mendesak dringendpresserendepilny فورى urgente urgent, presant срочный; настойчивый naliehavý nujen hitan angelägen, brådskande ด่วน acele, ivedi 緊迫的 невідкладний, поспішний فوري، ضرروي khẩn cấp 紧迫的
15. An enclosed storage space (e.g. closet, cupboard).
    countable, especially
16. a meeting in which information is given to journalists. perskonferensie مُؤتَمَر صُحُفي пресконференция entrevista coletiva tisková konference die Pressekonferenz pressekonference συνέντευξη τύπουconferencia de prensa pressikonverents کنفرانس مطبوعاتی lehdistötilaisuus conférence de presse מְסִיבָּת עִיתוֹנָאִים पत्रकार सम्मेलन tiskovna konferencija sajtókonferencia konferensi pers blaðamannafundur conferenza stampa 記者会見 기자회견 spaudos konferencija preses konference sidang akhbar persconferenti...
17. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.
    countable
18. an article cut out of a newspaper or magazine. knipsel قُصاصة من صَحيفَه изрезка от вестник recorte výstřižek der Zeitungsausschnitt avisudklip απόκομμα recorte de periódico ajaleheväljalõige بریده جراید lehtileike coupure de presse גְזִיר עִיתוֹן समाचारपत्र की कतरन izrezak iz novina újságkivágás guntingan berita blaðaúrklippa ritaglio di giornale 切り抜き 신문 스크랩 iškarpa (laikraksta, žurnāla) izgriezums guntingan akhbar krantenknipselutklipp wycinek prasowy د ورځپانو پرى كوونكى recorte газетная/ж...
19. 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.
    countable
20. to be in difficulties. He's hard pressed financially. in die moeilikheid في صُعوبات притиснат съм estar em apuros mít těžkosti in Bedrängnis sein være hårdt presset είμαι στριμωγμένος estar en apuros kitsikuses olema در مضیقه بودن olla vaikeuksissa être à la dernière extrémité לִהיוֹת בִּקשָיִים धनाभाव से ग्रस्त u velikom novčanom škripcu pénzszűkében van dalam kesulitan vera í vandræðum (essere in difficoltà) 困っている 곤경에 빠지다 būti sunkioje padėtyje būt grūtā situācijā dlm kesempitan in het nauw...
21. Pure, unfermented grape juice.
    countable
22. to be short of. I must hurry – I'm pressed for time. het min oor مَضْغوط بالوَقْت притиснат съм откъм ter pouco být tísněn unter Zeitdruck stehen have dårlig tid δεν έχω ir mal de, andar escaso de puuduses olema کم داشتن olla vähissä être à court de קָצַר בַּ- समयाभाव से ग्रस्त u velikom vremenskom škripcu vminek szűkében van terdesak vera í tímaþröng (essere a corto di) ～が足りない 쫓기다 turėti nedaug būt trūkumā; just trūkumu kesuntukan tekortkomenha dårlig med mieć mało كم درلودل ter pouco a fi î...
23. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
    countable, uncountable
24. In personology, any environmental factor that arouses a need in the individual.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Connecting to the service is almost idiot proof and takes just a few button presses.”

“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.”

“a flower press”

“And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.”

“The press in the square grew. Something would happen now.”

“Imagine the press of humanity in a crowded Parisian brasserie, circa the era when Lagerfeld would have been patronizing such joints.”

“Stop the presses!”

“That books are pouring off the world’s presses at unprecedented rates is a fact often alluded to as a flood that is inundating libraries and the book trades.”

“according to a member of the press”

“This article appeared in the press.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Put the cups in the press.”

“Put the ironing in the linen press.”

“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,[…].”

“This is the fourth set of benchpresses. There will be five more; then there will be five sets of presses on an inclined bench[…].”

“He can even the match with a press.”

“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.”

“When a side is two or more points down in the match, they may request a press.”

“I would like some Concord press with my meal tonight.”

“I have misused the king's press.”

“The environmental comfort category is illustrative of cases in which there are low environmental presses matched against a number of personal competences.”

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