pressing

Definition

  • adjective: very important and needing immediate attention
  • adjective: urgently important
  • synonyms: urgent, exacting, importunate

Examples

  • He is 'pressing' [='pressuring'] us for a decision. = He is 'pressing' us to make a decision.

  • He kept 'pressing the point' that something needs to be done immediately.

  • Laborers are 'pressing their case' for higher wages.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Max Schumacher. Goddamn it! When? Did he say anything? All right, thank you. The Communist Party believes the most pressing political necessity today... is the consolidation of the revolutionary... radical and democratic movements-- Harry, Howard Beale left my house minutes ago. (..)
    1976 Network