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  • 21pressing — adjective 1) a pressing problem Syn: urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, life and death 2) a pressing engagement Syn: important, high priority, critical, cru …

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  • 22pressing — adjective 1) a pressing problem Syn: urgent, critical, crucial, acute, desperate, serious, grave, life and death 2) a pressing engagement Syn: important, high priority, critical …

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  • 23pressing — {{#}}{{LM P31538}}{{〓}} {{[}}pressing{{]}} {{■}}(fr.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} → {{↑}}presión{{↓}}. {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del francés pressing, y este del inglés to press (presionar). {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [présin]. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA …

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  • 24pressing — / presɪŋ/ adjective urgent ♦ pressing engagements meetings which have to be attended ♦ pressing bills bills which have to be paid …

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  • 25Pressing — Press Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pressed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pressing}.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. {Print}, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting,… …

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  • 26pressing — adjective Date: 1591 1. urgently important ; critical < a pressing issue > 2. earnest, warm • pressingly adverb …

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  • 27pressing — (Voz inglesa.) ► sustantivo masculino DEPORTES Acoso insistente que, en algunos deportes de equipo, se ejerce sobre el atacante o los atacantes para dificultarles el desarrollo de su juego. * * * pressing (ingl.; pronunc. [présin]) m. Dep.&#8230; …

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  • 28pressing — adj. Pressing is used with these nouns: ↑business, ↑concern, ↑demand, ↑matter, ↑need, ↑problem …

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  • 29Pressing — Pres|sing das; s &LT;aus engl. pressing »das Drücken« zu to press »drücken«, dies aus (alt)fr. presser, vgl. ↑pressieren&GT; Spieltaktik, bei der der Gegner u. a. durch konsequente u. enge Manndeckung bereits in seiner eigenen Spielfeldhälfte&#8230; …

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  • 30pressing — press|ing [ presıŋ ] adjective very important and urgent: The safety of the hostages is a matter of pressing concern …

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