pressure

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English

Etymology

From Latin pressūra.

Pronunciation

• enPR: prĕshʹ-ə(r), IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɛʃə(ɹ)/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈpɹɛʃ.ə(ɹ)]
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈpɹɛʃ.ɚ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʃə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: pres‧sure

Noun

pressure (countable and uncountable, plural pressures)

1. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

2. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind
3. Distress.
   • October 31, 1708, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preach'd before the Queen at St. James's

     In the midst of his great troubles and pressures.
4. Urgency

   the pressure of business

5. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
6. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.

Synonyms

• (distress): affliction, grievance
• (urgency): press

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

pressure (third-person singular simple present pressures, present participle pressuring, simple past and past participle pressured)

1. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

Translations

See also

• (units of pressure): pascal (Pa); bar, barye (Ba); pounds per square inch (psi, lbf/in², lb/in²), torr, mmHg, atmosphere (atm)

Anagrams

• Preusser, perusers

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: pressurent, pressures

Verb

pressure

1. inflection of pressurer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Participle

pressūre

1. vocative masculine singular of pressūrus

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pressūra.

Noun

pressure oblique singular, f (oblique plural pressures, nominative singular pressure, nominative plural pressures)

1. pressure (action or result of pressing)

Descendants

• → English: pressure