press
Definitions
Noun
- The state of demanding notice or attention
- The print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines
- A machine used for printing
- A dense crowd of people
- A tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
- Clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use
- Any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids
- A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead
- The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
Verb
- Exert pressure or force to or upon
- Force or impel in an indicated direction
- To be oppressive or burdensome; ,
- Place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure
- Squeeze or press together
- Crowd closely
- Create by pressing
- Be urgent
- Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for
- Press from a plastic
- Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby
- Press and smooth with a heated iron
- Lift weights
- Ask for or request earnestly
Fragment
Sounds Like
Spelled Like
Words That Follow
Words That Precede
Statistically Associated
Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "press".
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "press".
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "press".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | process | 2 | 196 |
| 2 | pressed | 1 | 29 |
| 3 | priests | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | presses | 2 | 9 |
| 5 | profess | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | presser | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | prowess | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | repress | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | pruess | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | priess | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | preuss | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | presse | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | press' | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | preiss | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | ress | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | pres | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | presson | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | pressly | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | pressey | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | pressel | 2 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "press" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press freedom | 2 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "press" in a sentence.
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "press" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | international | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | able | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | collegiate | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | pittsburgh | 2 | 2 |
Results:
Term
Definitions: 23
Fragments: 127
Sound Alikes: 4
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 4
Statistically Associated: 4
Consonant Matches: 4
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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