PRESS


Meaning of PRESS in English

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

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