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press

 
 
/pres/ noun

Translation

the press newspapers and magazines, or the people who write them
basın, matbuat, gazeteler
the local/national press press reports 2521216
good/bad press praise or criticism from newspapers, magazines, television, etc
televizyon/dergiler/gazetelerde vs. yer alan eleştiri ve övgüler
She's had a lot of bad press recently.2521216
BUSINESS [C] a business that prints and sells books
matbaa
Cambridge University Press333
PRINT [C] ( also printing press) a machine used to print books, newspapers, and magazines
matbaa makinası
333
MAKE FLAT [no plural] when you make cloth flat and smooth with a piece of equipment
ütüleme, presleme, düzleştirme
Can you give these trousers a press?837
(Definition of press noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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