pressure (pressures plural & 3rd person present) (pressuring present participle) (pressured past tense & past participle )
1 n-uncount Pressure is force that you produce when you press hard on something.
She kicked at the door with her foot, and the pressure was enough to open it..., The best way to treat such bleeding is to apply firm pressure.
2 n-uncount The pressure in a place or container is the force produced by the quantity of gas or liquid in that place or container.
also N in pl
The window in the cockpit had blown in and the pressure dropped dramatically...
3 n-uncount If there is pressureon a person, someone is trying to persuade or force them to do something.
also N in pl
He may have put pressure on her to agree..., Its government is under pressure from the European Commission...
4 n-uncount If you are experiencing pressure, you feel that you must do a lot of tasks or make a lot of decisions in very little time, or that people expect a lot from you.
also N in pl
Can you work under pressure?..., The pressures of modern life are great.
5 verb If you pressure someone to do something, you try forcefully to persuade them to do it.
He will never pressure you to get married... V n to-inf
The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions... be V-ed into -ing
Don't pressure me... V n
His boss did not pressure him for results. V n for n
pressured adj usu v-link ADJ
You're likely to feel anxious and pressured.
blood pressure
Your blood pressure is the amount of force with which your blood flows around your body. n-uncount
Your doctor will monitor your blood pressure..., Prime Minister Pavlov had been taken ill with high blood pressure.
pressure cooker (pressure cookers plural )A pressure cooker is a large metal container with a lid that fits tightly, in which you can cook food quickly using steam at high pressure. n-count
pressure group (pressure groups plural )A pressure group is an organized group of people who are trying to persuade a government or other authority to do something, for example to change a law. n-count
...the environmental pressure group Greenpeace.
