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need — I n. 1) to create a need 2) to feel a need 3) to fill, meet, obviate a need 4) to satisfy a need 5) to minister to smb. s needs 6) an acute, crying, desperate, dire, pressing, urgent need 7) a basic, fundamental; biological; emotional,… … Combinatory dictionary
pressing — [[t]pre̱sɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A pressing problem, need, or issue has to be dealt with immediately. It is one of the most pressing problems facing this country... There is a pressing need for more funds. Syn: urgent 2) → See also press … English dictionary
pressing — 1 adjective 1 needing to be discussed or dealt with very soon; urgent: There is a pressing need for reform in this area. 2 demanding something in a way that is hard to refuse: a pressing invitation pressingly adverb 2 noun (C) 1 a number of… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pressing — pressingly, adv. pressingness, n. /pres ing/, adj. 1. urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need. n. 2. any phonograph record produced in a record molding press from a master or a stamper. 3. a number of such records produced at one… … Universalium
pressing — press•ing [[t]ˈprɛs ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need[/ex] 2) hfi phonograph record produced in a record molding press from a master or a stamper • Etymology: 1610–20 press′ing•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
pressing — /ˈprɛsɪŋ / (say presing) adjective 1. urgent; demanding immediate attention: a pressing need. –noun 2. an act or instance of someone or something that presses. 3. a. a run of gramophone records produced at one time. b. → record (def. 18). 4. a… …
pressing — adj Pressing, urgent, imperative, crying, importunate, insistent, exigent, instant are comparable when they mean demanding or claiming attention and especially immediate attention. Pressing often implies directly or indirectly the use of pressure … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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Need — (n[=e]d), n. [OE. need, neod, nede, AS. ne[ a]d, n[=y]d; akin to D. nood, G. not, noth, Icel. nau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. n[ o]d, Goth. nau[thorn]s.] 1. A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
need — [n1] want, requirement charge, commitment, committal, compulsion, demand, desideratum, devoir, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, ought, requisite, right, the urge, urgency, use, weakness, wish; concepts 20 … New thesaurus
