press verb (PUSH)
B1 [ I or T, usually + adv/prep ] to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you:
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- Peel off the backing strip and press the label down firmly.
- I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
- I pressed the buzzer and after a while someone came to the door.
- Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.
- He inserted the CD and pressed the 'play' button.
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press verb (PERSUADE)
C2 [ T ] to try hard to persuade someone to do something:
[ + obj + to infinitive ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information.
He's pressing me for an answer.
press charges
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press noun (NEWSPAPERS)
the press [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
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- The government is being widely criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
- The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press.
- Jones was censured for leaking a secret report to the press.
- The school issued the press with a statement about its plans.
- I never said that at all - the press misquoted me.
B2 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work for them:
press reporters/photographers
The charity invited the press (= reporters and photographers) to a presentation of its plans for the future.
Freedom of the press (= the right of newspapers to publish news and opinions without being controlled by the government) must be upheld.
C1 [ S or U ] the judgment that is given of someone or something in the newspapers or on radio or television:
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press noun (BOOKS)
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- Edinburgh University Press
- published by Manchester University Press
press noun (PRINTING MACHINE)
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press noun (PUSH)
› [ C usually singular ] a firm push against something using the fingers:
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