press
/pɹɛs/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Connecting to the service is almost idiot proof and takes just a few button presses."
- "a slaloming winger putting lumpen defenders on their backsides, or even a sneaky centre-forward, using his boundless energy to lead the press and force mistakes."
- "a flower press"
- "a cheese press"
- "And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature."
- "The press in the square grew. Something would happen now."
Etymology
From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Chiefly displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)). see English thring
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɛs/
- British English: /pɹɛs/
Usage
Inflected Forms
presses (plural)
presses (present, singular)
pressing (participle, present)
pressed (participle, past)
pressed (past)
prest (participle, past)
prest (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
pressed (first person, past)
pressest (archaic, present)
pressed (past, second person)