pressure

About 115.79 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A pressing; a force applied to a surface.

   Apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.

2. noun The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area; force per unit area.
3. noun An amount of pressure.
4. noun A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.

   the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.

5. noun Distress.

   She has felt pressure lately because her boss expects her to get the job done by the first.

6. noun Urgency.

   the pressure of business

7. noun Ellipsis of blood pressure.
8. noun Impression; stamp; character impressed.

Similar words

press pressing force coerce insistence insistency blackmail imperativeness blackjack force per unit area

Often followed by

of on and is to in from for at

Word family

pressured pressureless pressures pressuring