PRESSURE


Meaning of PRESSURE in English

n. 25B6; noun

a confined gas exerts a constant pressure : PHYSICAL FORCE, load, stress, thrust; compression, weight.

they put pressure on us to borrow money : COERCION, force, compulsion, constraint, duress; pestering, harassment, nagging, badgering, intimidation, arm-twisting, pressurization, persuasion.

she had a lot of pressure from work : STRAIN, stress, tension, trouble, difficulty; informal hassle.

25B6; verb they pressured him into resigning. : See pressurize .

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