preoperative | (adjective) happening or done before and in preparation for a surgical operation | - |
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preordain | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
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preordination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, predetermination |
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prep | (noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: preparation |
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prepackaged | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepacked |
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prepacked | (adjective) prepared and wrapped beforehand and ready for sale | Synonyms: prepackaged |
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prepaid | (adjective) used especially of mail; paid in advance | Synonyms: postpaid |
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preparation | (noun) activity leading to skilled behavior | Synonyms: grooming, training |
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(noun) preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) | Synonyms: prep |
(noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: readying |
(noun) the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | Synonyms: cookery, cooking |
(noun) the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening | Synonyms: planning, provision |
(noun) (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord | - |
(noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparedness, readiness |
(noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: formulation |
preparative | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparatory, propaedeutic |
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preparatory | (adjective) preceding and preparing for something | Synonyms: preparative, propaedeutic |
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prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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(verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
(verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
(verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
(verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
(verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
prepared | (adjective) made ready or fit or suitable beforehand | - |
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(adjective) equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources | - |
(adjective) having made preparations | Synonyms: disposed, fain, inclined |
preparedness | (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, readiness |
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prepay | (verb) pay for something before receiving it | - |
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prepayment | (noun) payment in advance | - |
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preponderance | (noun) a superiority in numbers or amount | Synonyms: prevalence |
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(noun) exceeding in heaviness; having greater weight | - |
(noun) superiority in power or influence | - |
preponderant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderating |
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preponderantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: predominantly |
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preponderate | (verb) weigh more heavily | Synonyms: outbalance, outweigh, overbalance |
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preponderating | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant |
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prepose | (verb) place before another constituent in the sentence | - |
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preposition | (noun) a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word | - |
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(noun) (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached) | - |
prepositional | (adjective) of or relating to or formed with a preposition | - |
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prepositionally | (adverb) as a preposition | - |
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prepossess | (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prejudice |
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(verb) cause to be preoccupied | - |
(verb) make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand | - |
(verb) possess beforehand | - |
prepossessing | (adjective) creating a favorable impression | - |
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prepossession | (noun) an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence | Synonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception |
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(noun) the condition of being prepossessed | - |
preposterous | (adjective) so unreasonable as to invite derision | Synonyms: absurd, cockeyed, derisory, idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, ridiculous |
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preposterously | (adverb) so as to arouse or deserve laughter | Synonyms: laughably, ludicrously, ridiculously |
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prepotency | (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, predomination |
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prepper | (noun) someone who prepares for a disaster | - |
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preprandial | (adjective) preceding a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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prepubertal | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubescent |
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prepuberty | (noun) a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur | - |
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prepubescent | (adjective) (especially of human beings) at the age immediately before puberty; often marked by accelerated growth | Synonyms: prepubertal |
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prepuce | (noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the penis | Synonyms: foreskin |
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(noun) a fold of skin covering the tip of the clitoris | Synonyms: foreskin |
prepupal | (adjective) of an inactive stage in the development of some insects, between the larval and the pupal stages | - |
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prerecord | (verb) record before presentation, as of a broadcast | - |
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prerecorded | (adjective) recorded at one time for transmission later | - |
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prerequisite | (adjective) required as a prior condition or course of study | - |
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(noun) something that is required in advance | Synonyms: requirement |
prerogative | (noun) a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right) | Synonyms: exclusive right, perquisite, privilege |
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presage | (noun) a sign of something about to happen | Synonyms: omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication |
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(noun) a foreboding about what is about to happen | - |
(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate |
presbyope | (noun) a person with presbyopia; someone who is farsighted resulting from the progressive loss with aging of the elasticity of the crystalline lens | - |
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presbyopia | (noun) a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 | Synonyms: farsightedness |
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presbyopic | (adjective) able to see distant objects clearly | Synonyms: farsighted |
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presbyter | (noun) an elder in the Presbyterian Church | - |
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presbytery | (noun) building reserved for the officiating clergy | - |
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preschool | (noun) an educational institution for children too young for elementary school | - |
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preschooler | (noun) a child who attends a preschool or kindergarten | Synonyms: kindergartener, kindergartner |
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prescience | (noun) the power to foresee the future | Synonyms: prevision |
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prescient | (adjective) perceiving the significance of events before they occur | - |
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presciently | (adverb) with foresight | Synonyms: cannily |
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prescribe | (verb) issue commands or orders for | Synonyms: dictate, order |
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(verb) (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription | - |
(verb) recommend as beneficial | - |
prescribed | (adjective) formally laid down or imposed | Synonyms: positive |
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(adjective) set down as a rule or guide | - |
(adjective) conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline | Synonyms: official |
(adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: appointed, decreed, ordained |
prescript | (noun) prescribed guide for conduct or action | Synonyms: rule |
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prescription | (adjective) available only with a doctor's written prescription | - |
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(noun) a drug that is available only with written instructions from a doctor or dentist to a pharmacist | Synonyms: ethical drug, prescription drug, prescription medicine |
(noun) directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions | - |
(noun) written instructions from a physician or dentist to a druggist concerning the form and dosage of a drug to be issued to a given patient | - |
(noun) written instructions for an optician on the lenses for a given person | - |
prescriptive | (adjective) pertaining to giving directives or rules | Synonyms: normative |
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prescriptivism | (noun) (linguistics) a doctrine supporting or promoting prescriptive linguistics | - |
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(noun) (ethics) a doctrine holding that moral statements prescribe appropriate attitudes and behavior | - |
preseason | (noun) a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation | - |
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presence | (noun) the act of being present | - |
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(noun) dignified manner or conduct | Synonyms: bearing, comportment, mien |
(noun) the impression that something is present | - |
(noun) the immediate proximity of someone or something | Synonyms: front |
(noun) an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby | - |
(noun) the state of being present; current existence | - |
present | (adjective) temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration | - |
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(adjective) being or existing in a specified place | - |
(noun) a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking | Synonyms: present tense |
(noun) something presented as a gift | - |
(noun) the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech | Synonyms: nowadays |
(verb) bring forward and present to the mind | Synonyms: lay out, represent |
(verb) cause to come to know personally | Synonyms: acquaint, introduce |
(verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) | Synonyms: deliver |
(verb) recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position | Synonyms: salute |
(verb) formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc. | - |
(verb) present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize | Synonyms: confront, face |
(verb) perform (a play), especially on a stage | Synonyms: represent, stage |
(verb) represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture | Synonyms: portray |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, demonstrate, exhibit, show |
(verb) give as a present; make a gift of | Synonyms: gift, give |
(verb) hand over formally | Synonyms: submit |
(verb) give, especially as an honor or reward | Synonyms: award |
(verb) offer for others to consider | Synonyms: pose |
presentable | (adjective) fit to be seen | - |
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presentably | (adverb) in a presentable manner | - |
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presentation | (noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentment |
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(noun) the activity of formally presenting something (as a prize or reward) | - |
(noun) a visual representation of something | Synonyms: display |
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal | - |
(noun) the act of making something publicly available; presenting news or other information by broadcasting or printing it | - |
(noun) the act of presenting a proposal | - |
(noun) formally making a person known to another or to the public | Synonyms: intro, introduction |
presentational | (adjective) of or relating to a presentation (especially in psychology or philosophy) | - |
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presenter | (noun) person who makes a gift of property | Synonyms: bestower, conferrer, donor, giver |
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(noun) an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.) | Synonyms: sponsor |
(noun) someone who presents a message of some sort (as a petition or an address or a check or a memorial etc.) | - |
presentiment | (noun) a feeling of evil to come | Synonyms: boding, foreboding, premonition |
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presentism | (noun) the doctrine that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (as in the Book of Revelations) are presently in the course of being fulfilled | - |
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presentist | (noun) a theologian who believes that the Scripture prophecies of the Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) are being fulfilled at the present time | - |
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presently | (adverb) at this time or period; now | Synonyms: currently |
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(adverb) in the near future | Synonyms: before long, shortly, soon |
presentment | (noun) an accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative | Synonyms: notification |
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(noun) a show or display; the act of presenting something to sight or view | Synonyms: demonstration, presentation |
(noun) a document that must be accepted and paid by another person | - |
presentness | (noun) the quality of being the present | Synonyms: nowness |
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preservable | (adjective) capable of being preserved | - |
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preservation | (noun) the activity of protecting something from loss or danger | Synonyms: saving |
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(noun) an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change | Synonyms: conservation |
(noun) a process that saves organic substances from decay | - |
(noun) the condition of being (well or ill) preserved | - |
preservationist | (noun) someone who advocates the preservation of historical sites or endangered species or natural areas | - |
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preservative | (adjective) tending or having the power to preserve | - |
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(noun) a chemical compound that is added to protect against decay or decomposition | - |
preserve | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserves |
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(noun) a reservation where animals are protected | - |
(noun) a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone | - |
(verb) prevent (food) from rotting | Synonyms: keep |
(verb) keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction | Synonyms: conserve, keep up, maintain |
(verb) to keep up and reserve for personal or special use | Synonyms: save |
(verb) keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last | Synonyms: bear on, carry on, continue, uphold |
(verb) maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger | Synonyms: keep |
(verb) keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing | - |
preserved | (adjective) kept intact or in a particular condition | - |
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(adjective) prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use | - |
preserver | (noun) rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning | Synonyms: flotation device, life preserver |
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(noun) a skilled worker who is employed to restore or refinish buildings or antique furniture | Synonyms: refinisher, renovator, restorer |
(noun) someone who keeps safe from harm or danger | - |
(noun) a cook who preserves fruits or meat | - |
preserves | (noun) fruit preserved by cooking with sugar | Synonyms: conserve, conserves, preserve |
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preset | (adjective) set in advance | Synonyms: predetermined |
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preside | (verb) act as president | - |
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presidency | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidentship |
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(noun) the tenure of a president | Synonyms: administration, presidential term |
president | (noun) the chief executive of a republic | - |
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(noun) an executive officer of a firm or corporation | - |
(noun) the head administrative officer of a college or university | Synonyms: prexy |
(noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization | Synonyms: chair, chairperson |
presidential | (adjective) befitting a president | - |
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(adjective) relating to a president or presidency | - |
presidentially | (adverb) in a presidential manner | - |
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presidentship | (noun) the office and function of president | Synonyms: presidency |
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presidio | (noun) a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings | - |
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presidium | (noun) a permanent executive committee in socialist countries that has all the powers of some larger legislative body and that acts for it when it is not in session | Synonyms: praesidium |
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presocratic | (adjective) before the time of Socrates | Synonyms: pre-Socratic |
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press | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: pressing, pressure |
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(noun) a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead | Synonyms: military press |
(noun) any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids | Synonyms: mechanical press |
(noun) a machine used for printing | Synonyms: printing press |
(noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: closet, wardrobe |
(noun) clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use | - |
(noun) the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines | Synonyms: public press |
(noun) a dense crowd of people | Synonyms: crush, jam |
(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, pressure |
(verb) force or impel in an indicated direction | Synonyms: exhort, urge, urge on |
(verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, entreat |
(verb) lift weights | Synonyms: weight-lift, weightlift |
(verb) exert pressure or force to or upon | - |
(verb) place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure | - |
(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, contract, squeeze |
(verb) press and smooth with a heated iron | Synonyms: iron, iron out |
(verb) make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby | Synonyms: push |
(verb) press from a plastic | Synonyms: press out |
(verb) create by pressing | - |
(verb) crowd closely | - |
(verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: agitate, campaign, crusade, fight, push |
(verb) be urgent | - |
(verb) to be oppressive or burdensome | Synonyms: weigh |
pressed | (adjective) compacted by ironing | - |
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pressing | (adjective) compelling immediate action | Synonyms: urgent |
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(noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: press, pressure |
(noun) a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press | - |
pressingly | (adverb) in a pressing manner | - |
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pressman | (noun) someone whose occupation is printing | Synonyms: printer |
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(noun) a male journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newspaperman |
pressmark | (noun) a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location | Synonyms: call mark, call number |
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pressor | (adjective) increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure | - |
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(noun) any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure | Synonyms: vasoconstrictive, vasoconstrictor |
pressure | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: press, pressing |
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(noun) a force that compels | - |
(noun) the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin | Synonyms: pressure sensation |
(noun) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Synonyms: force per unit area, pressure level |
(noun) the pressure exerted by the atmosphere | Synonyms: air pressure, atmospheric pressure |
(noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press |
(noun) an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress | - |
(verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, squeeze |
(verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail |
pressurise | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurize |
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(verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurize |
(verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurize, supercharge |
pressurize | (verb) increase the pressure in or of | Synonyms: pressurise |
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(verb) maintain a certain pressure | Synonyms: pressurise |
(verb) increase the pressure on a gas or liquid | Synonyms: pressurise, supercharge |