pressing
[adjective]
Synonyms: urgent, crucial, high-priority, imperative, important, importunate, serious, vital

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Related Words: direct, immediate, claiming, demanding, exacting, requiring, compelling, constraining, forcing, obliging, acute, critical, crucial

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I. press‧ing¹ /ˈpresɪŋ/ adjective
[Word Family: adjective: pressed, pressing, pressurized, pressured; verb: press, pressure, pressurize; noun: press, pressure, pressing]
needing to be discussed or dealt with very soon Synonym : urgent
pressing problem/matter/need etc
Poverty is a more pressing problem than pollution.

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II. pressing² noun
[Word Family: adjective: pressed, pressing, pressurized, pressured; verb: press, pressure, pressurize; noun: press, pressure, pressing]

1. [countable] a thing or group of things, especially records or CDs, that have been made by pressing plastic or metal into shape:
The CD, released in October, sold out a first pressing of 1,500 in just four months.

2. [uncountable and countable] the act of pressing something:
The olives are heat treated during the second pressing.

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