Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

press on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.15 in modern English

Syllables: press on
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To persist, to continue to advance.

Example Sentences

"British Railways are, however, pressing on with the introduction of standard equipment, and in this, the fourth year of unified working, standard locomotives and rolling stock will be coming into service in considerable numbers."
"And now she has the real dilemma: press on to King’s Landing, where I have no doubt she could get as close to killing Cersei as anyone else, or double back to Winterfell to reunite with her family."

Inflected Forms

presses on (present, singular) pressing on (participle, present) pressed on (participle, past) pressed on (past)

Synonyms

press ahead push on plough on

Questions

What does press on mean?: To persist, to continue to advance.

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