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pressed meaning

EN[pɹɛst]
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  • Pressed is a 2011 Canadian crime drama film directed by Justin Donnelly and starring Luke Goss, Tyler Johnston, Jeffrey Ballard, and Michael Eklund. The movie is the debut directing project for Justin Donnelly.
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    Definition of pressed in English Dictionary

  • VerbPREpré-
    1. simple past tense and past participle of press.
      1. contraction of impressed.
      2. AdjectiveCOMmore pressedSUPmost pressed
        1. Under strain or deprivation.
          1. The staff was even more pressed for useful intelligence about the enemy's intentions than it was about the enemy's capabilities.
          2. He found himself hard pressed.
      3. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Arsenal pressed forward again after half-time but other than a venomous Walcott shot that Howard repelled with a fine one-handed save, the hosts offered little cutting edge.
          • Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake.
          • s the Senate deliberated in Washington – and packed it in for the night without finalizing a deal — Obama brushed pressed House Democrats to finalize
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adjectives
          • Verbs
            • Verb forms
              • Participles
                • Past participles
                • Verb simple past forms
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            1. en pressed for time
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            Meaning of pressed for the defined word.

            Grammatically, this word "pressed" is an adjective. It's also a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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