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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)

press

/pɹɛs/

An illustration for press

verb1 of 2

to push something against something else

  • “Money is currently the most pressing problem in my life.”Tatoeba
  • “I press this button and the ice cream comes out.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

noun2 of 2

A printing machine.

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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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