Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go to press

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables: go -to -press
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go to be printed, after editing is completed.

Example Sentences

"The prospective staff redundancy that would ensue from adoption of the plan is, of course, one of the hotly controversial aspects of the proposals and the chief issue on which a three-day N.U.R. strike was threatened for May 14-16, a few days after this issue went to press."
"STOP PRESS: As this issue of RAIL went to press, the RMT announced that it too would be taking strike action on the Tube on March 15"

Inflected Forms

goes to press (present, singular) going to press (participle, present) went to press (past) gone to press (participle, past)

Questions

What does go to press mean?: To go to be printed, after editing is completed.

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