pressures 1 of 2

noun

Definition of pressuresnext
plural of pressure
1
as in stresses
the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time a business executive who works well under pressure

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2
as in constraints
the use of power to impose one's will on another pressure from their peers can often cause teens to do things that they normally wouldn't consider

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pressures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of pressure
as in forces
to cause (a person) to give in to pressure his father pressured him to go out for the swim team

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