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[ adjective ] compelling immediate action
Synonyms Examples "too pressing to permit of longer delay" "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'" "bridges in urgent need of repair" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Land_reform is likely to be a pressing issue in many of these countries . (Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)The significant things in it , at the higher religious levels , are the inner emotional , mental , and spiritual occurrences that fill the pressing human needs of self-preservation , self pacification , and self completion . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
Examples "he gave the button a press" "he used pressure to stop the bleeding" "at the pressing of a button" Used in print (Mr. America, 4:6...)Mr._Claude is a specialist in torso development and he has long favored the now famous Weider_Push-Pull_Super-Set technique in which one exercise of the Super-Set is a pressing or `` pushing '' movement which accents one sector of a muscle group in a specific way , followed by a `` pulling '' exercise which works the opposing sector of the same muscle group . Related terms push compression impression decompression press compress press press push |
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