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pressure
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin press?ra.
Pronunciation
- enPR: pr?sh?-?(r), IPA(key): /?p????(?)/
- (UK) IPA(key): [?p???.?(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): [?p???.?]
- Rhymes: -???(?)
- Hyphenation: pres?sure
Noun
pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pressures)
- A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
- Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.
- A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
- the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
- Distress.
- 1649, Eikon Basilike
- My people's pressures are grievous.
- October 31, 1708, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the Queen at St. James's
- In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
- 1649, Eikon Basilike
- Urgency
- the pressure of business
- (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
Synonyms
- (distress): affliction, grievance
- (urgency): press
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)
- (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.
- Do not let anyone pressure you into buying something you do not want.
Translations
See also
- (units of pressure): pascal (Pa); bar, barye (Ba); pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in2, lb/in2), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)
Anagrams
- perusers
French
Pronunciation
- Homophones: pressurent, pressures
Verb
pressure
- first-person singular present indicative of pressurer
- third-person singular present indicative of pressurer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of pressurer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of pressurer
- second-person singular imperative of pressurer
Latin
Participle
press?re
- vocative masculine singular of press?rus
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin press?ra.
Noun
pressure f (oblique plural pressures, nominative singular pressure, nominative plural pressures)
- pressure (action or result of pressing)
Descendants
- ? English: pressure
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oblige
English
Etymology
From Middle English obligen, from Old French obligier, obliger, from Latin obligo, obligare, from ob- + ligo. Doublet of obligate, taken straight from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??bla?d?/
- Rhymes: -a?d?
Verb
oblige (third-person singular simple present obliges, present participle obliging, simple past and past participle obliged)
- (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
- I am obliged to report to the police station every week.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
- He obliged me by not parking his car in the drive.
- The singer obliged with another song.
- (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
- I am obliged to you for your recent help.
Usage notes
Aside from in American English and Scottish, "obliged" has largely replaced "obligate" by the 20th century, the latter being more common in the 17th through 19th centuries.
Derived terms
- disoblige
Related terms
- much obliged
- noblesse oblige
- obligate
- obligation
- obligatory
- obligee
- obligor
Translations
References
Anagrams
- big ole, biogel, globie
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.bli?/
Verb
oblige
- first-person singular present indicative of obliger
- third-person singular present indicative of obliger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliger
- second-person singular imperative of obliger
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [o?blid??e]
Verb
oblige
- third-person singular present subjunctive of obliga
- third-person plural present subjunctive of obliga
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