pressingness

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

press•ing /ˈprɛsɪŋ/   adj. 

1. urgent;
   needing attention:
   a pressing need for food supplies.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

press•ing  (pres′ing), adj. 

1. urgent;
   demanding immediate attention:
   a pressing need.

n. 

2. Sound Reproduction any phonograph record produced in a record-molding press from a master or a stamper.
3. Sound Reproduction a number of such records produced at one time:
   The fifth pressing of his hit song has sold out.

• 1300–50; Middle English presing (gerund, gerundive); see press¹, -ing², -ing¹

press′ing•ly, adv. 
press′ing•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. crucial, vital, critical, imperative.