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pressing definition

press·ing (pres)

adjective

  1. calling for immediate attention; urgent
  2. persistent in request or demand; insistent

Etymology: prp. of press

noun

  1. the process or an instance of stamping, squeezing, etc. with a press
  2. the result of this, often a series or one of a series of identical articles a pressing of phonograph records

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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