pressing
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adjective \ˈpre-siŋ\Definition of PRESSING
1
: urgently important : critical <a pressing issue>
See Examples of PRESSING
- a pressing need for reform
- <she had pressing business on the other side of town>
First Known Use of PRESSING
1591
Related to PRESSING
- Synonyms
- burning, clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, imperious, importunate, instant, necessitous, acute, urgent
- Antonyms
- noncritical, nonurgent
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