press Signification, définition

Signification de press en français

• 0 to push with your fingers -- appuyer sur

  • Press one to hear this message again. Appuyez sur un pour réécouter ce message.

  • Press down on the lid to seal. Appuyez sur le couvercle pour fermer.

• 1 to push sth against sth -- presser

  • people pressing against each other on the subway des gens se pressant les uns contre les autres dans le métro

  • She pressed her face to the window, trying to see. Elle appuya son visage contre la vitre, essayant de voir.

• 2 to try repeatedly to make sb do sth -- faire pression sur

  • His family was pressing him to take the money. Sa famille faisait pression sur lui pour qu’il prenne l’argent.

• 3 reporters and other people who work for news organizations -- la presse

  • the local/national press la presse locale/nationale

  • to answer questions for the press donner une conférence de presse

  • a story recently in the press une histoire dans la presse récente

• 4 a machine that prints books, newspapers, etc. -- presse [ feminine ]

  • newspapers coming off the presses des journaux sortant des presses

• 5 a device that squeezes sth -- pressoir [ masculine ]

  • a garlic press un presse-ail

• 6 to use a pushing motion (against) -- appuyer sur, presser

  • Press the bell twice!

  • The children pressed close to their mother.

• 7 to squeeze; to flatten -- écraser, presser

  • The grapes are pressed to extract the juice.

• 8 to urge or hurry -- pousser à

  • He pressed her to enter the competition.

• 9 to insist on -- presser qqn de

  • The printers are pressing their claim for higher pay.

• 10 to iron -- repasser

  • Your trousers need to be pressed.

• 11 an act of pressing -- pression

  • He gave her hand a press

  • You had better give your shirt a press.

• 12 (also printing-press) a printing machine. -- presse

• 13 newspapers in general -- (de) presse

  • It was reported in the press

  • (also adjective) a press photographer.

• 14 the people who work on newspapers and magazines; journalists -- presse

  • The press is/are always interested in the private lives of famous people.

• 15 a device or machine for pressing -- pressoir

  • a wine press

  • a flower press.