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   pressing

   /ˈprɛsɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. requiring quick or immediate action or attention: "inflation was the most pressing problem" Similar urgentcriticalcrucialacutedesperateseriousgravediredrasticburningextremelife-and-deathimportantof the utmost importancehigh-prioritypivotalcriticalcrucialcompellingdemandingnecessarykeyvitalimperativeessentialof the essenceinescapableOpposite non-urgentunimportant
   • ▪ expressing something strongly or persistently: "a pressing invitation" Similar insistentpersistentdeterminedresolutetenaciousobstinatedoggedunrelentingimportunaterepeatedunremittingcontinuousincessantdemandingentreatingclamorousrare:exigent

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of applying force or weight to something: "pure-grade olive oil is the product of the second or third pressings"
   • 2. a record or other object made by the application of force or weight.
   • ▪ a series of objects pressed at one time: "the EP sold out its first pressing in one day"

   Derivatives

   • 1. pressingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 11

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