I.
noun
1 media
ADJECTIVE
▪ foreign , international , local , national , provincial ( BrE )
▪ gutter ( BrE ), mainstream , popular , quality ( esp. BrE ), tabloid
▪ left-wing , liberal , right-wing
▪
The right-wing ~ tried to stir up prejudice against immigrants.
▪ financial , gay , music , etc.
▪ free
▪
A free ~ is fundamental to democracy.
VERB + PRESS
▪ alert , brief , tell
▪
Someone must have alerted the ~ that she was going to be there.
▪ meet
▪
The president was briefed before meeting the ~.
▪ censor , muzzle
▪
They introduced measures including muzzling the ~ and illegal detainment.
▪ intimidate , manipulate , mislead
▪
Did the senator deliberately mislead the ~?
PRESS + NOUN
▪ briefing , release , statement
▪
He issued a ~ statement insisting on his innocence.
(see also press conference )
▪ corps
▪
The spokesman addressed an international ~ corps.
▪ attention , coverage
▪
extensive ~ coverage of the event
▪ account , report
▪ clippings , cuttings ( BrE )
▪
He kept a scrapbook containing ~ cuttings of his concerts.
▪ office
▪
The company's ~ office did not return the call.
▪ agent , officer , secretary , spokesman
▪ photographer
▪ agency
▪ badge ( esp. AmE ), credentials , pass
▪
She showed the doorman her ~ pass.
▪ box
▪
We got to sit in the ~ box since my dad would be writing about the game.
▪ preview , screening
▪ campaign ( esp. BrE )
▪ freedom
PREPOSITION
▪ in the ~
▪
There was no mention of the incident in the national ~.
PHRASES
▪ get a good, bad, etc. ~ ( BrE ), get good, bad, etc. ~ , have a good, bad, etc. ~ ( BrE ), have good, bad, etc. ~
▪
His latest novel didn't get (a) very good ~ (= was not praised in the media) .
2 machine for printing
ADJECTIVE
▪ printing
VERB + PRESS
▪ go to
▪
The newspaper goes to ~ at 6 o'clock.
PRESS + VERB
▪ roll
▪
The ~es are already rolling.
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
Their new book is in ~.
PHRASES
▪ hot off the ~ , hot off the ~es ( esp. AmE )
▪
We've just received a copy of her latest book, hot off the ~.
▪ stop the ~ , stop the ~es (= a major event has happened) ( often ironic )
▪
Stop the ~es! Dan has had a haircut!
II.
verb
1 push sth firmly
ADVERB
▪ firmly , forcefully , hard
▪
She ~ed down hard on the gas pedal.
▪ gently , lightly , softly
▪
Her lips softly ~ed my cheek.
▪ close , closely
▪
He ~ed up closer against the wall, terrified of being seen.
▪ tightly
▪
She curled up, her knees ~ed tightly to her chest.
▪ back , down , forward , together , up , etc.
▪
The crowd ~ed forward.
▪
She ~ed her lips together.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
She ~ed her face against the window.
▪ into
▪
Bella ~ed her face into the pillow.
▪ on
▪
She ~ed on the doorbell.
▪ to
▪
He ~ed a finger gently to her lips.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth flat , ~ sth open , ~ sth shut
▪
He ~ed the lid firmly shut.
2 try to persuade sb
ADVERB
▪ strongly
▪
In the interview he strongly ~ed his point of view.
▪ consistently , continually , repeatedly
▪ gently
▪
‘Are you sure?’ she ~ed gently.
▪ further
▪ successfully
VERB + PRESS
▪ continue to
PREPOSITION
▪ for
▪
The party will continue to ~ the case for a new electoral system.
▪ on
▪
I did not ~ him further on the issue.
3 iron sth
PHRASES
▪ immaculately ~ed , neatly ~ed
▪
his immaculately ~ed suit
PHRASAL VERB
press on
PREPOSITION
▪ with
▪
They ~ed boldly on with their plan.
PHRASES
▪ ~ on regardless ( esp. BrE )
▪
The weather was dreadful but we ~ed on regardless.
Press is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accelerator , ↑ attack , ↑ bell , ↑ button , ↑ buzzer , ↑ cheek , ↑ claim , ↑ demand , ↑ doorbell , ↑ hand , ↑ key , ↑ kiss , ↑ knife , ↑ lever , ↑ luck , ↑ matter , ↑ palm , ↑ pedal , ↑ point , ↑ seam , ↑ shutter , ↑ switch , ↑ trigger