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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
pressure From the web:
- what pressure should my tires be
- what pressure washer nozzle is safe for car
- what pressure point relieves a headache
- what pressure is required to compress 196.0
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- what pressure washer should i buy
- what pressure in atm is exerted by 2.50
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presses
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??s?z/
Noun
presses
- plural of press
Verb
presses
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of press
Anagrams
- sperses
French
Verb
presses
- second-person singular present indicative of presser
- second-person singular present subjunctive of presser
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
presses
- passive of presse
Portuguese
Contraction
presses (singular presse, feminine pressa, feminine plural pressas)
- (nonstandard, informal) Contraction of pra esses. (or para)
presses From the web:
- what presses clothes
- what presses on bladder
- what presses on sciatic nerve
- what presses towards invention
- what pushes your buttons
- what presses on diaphragm
- what presses sediments together
- what does pressed mean
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