Betekenis van press In het Nederlands

• 0 to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you:

  • Press the button to start the machine.

  • He pressed his face against the window.

  • Can you press a little harder on my shoulders, please?

  • The crowd pressed against the locked doors trying to get into the building.

  • Press down firmly on the lever.

  • I'll just press these trousers.

  • to press grapes

  • Over 3,000 copies of the CD were pressed and sent out to college radio stations.

  • The children pressed some flowers.

  • pressed turkey breast

• 1 to try hard to persuade someone to do something:

  • [ + obj + to infinitive ] The committee pressed him to reveal more information.

  • He's pressing me for an answer.

  • Can I press you further on (= persuade you to say more about) this issue?

  • The family have decided not to press charges against him.

  • Once again he tried to press his case for promotion.

• 2 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work for them:

  • The incident has been widely reported in the press.

  • press reports/coverage

  • press reporters/photographers

  • the local/national press

  • The charity invited the press (= reporters and photographers) to a presentation of its plans for the future.

  • The press was out in force at the awards ceremony.

  • Freedom of the press (= the right of newspapers to publish news and opinions without being controlled by the government) must be upheld.

  • What kind of press did his play get?

  • UK The play has had a good/bad press.

  • US The play has had good/bad press.

• 3 a business that prints and produces books and similar things:

  • Cambridge University Press

• 4 a machine that is used for printing:

  • a printing press

  • The newspaper will go to press at midnight.

• 5 a firm push against something using the fingers:

  • To start the machine, just give this button a press.

  • Can you give this shirt a quick press?

  • a garlic/trouser/wine press

• 6 to push firmly against something that is fixed in position:

  • [ T ] I pressed the volume button on the remote.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] The crowd pressed up against the doors.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] He pressed down hard on the accelerator, and the car shot ahead.

• 7 to try to persuade or cause someone to do something, or to act in a determined way to cause something to be accepted:

  • The police pressed her to identify the man she had seen.

  • Marquez will visit Washington to press his country’s case.

  • She decided not to press charges against him (= make an official complaint).

• 8 any of various devices that use force:

  • a pants press

  • a garlic press

  • a printing press

• 9 newspapers, magazines, and other businesses that communicate news to the public by print, television, or radio, or the people who work to prepare and present the news:

  • Is the press too conservative?

  • At some point, every president has complained about bad press.

• 10 a business that prints and produces books or other printed material:

  • Cambridge University Press

• 11 to try hard to persuade someone to do something:

  • The committee pressed him to reveal more information.

  • press (sb) for sth The lawyers are likely to press for a settlement of claims.

• 12 to complain officially about someone in a court of law:

  • press charges against sb Italian magistrates are expected to press charges against the company's founder.

• 13 to try to make people accept your demands:

  • He was determined to press his case for promotion.

• 14 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or the people who work for newspapers, etc.:

  • in the press The company's problems have been widely reported in the press.

  • freedom of (the) press He was an outspoken activist in favor of freedom of press and freedom of speech.

  • The press was present at the briefing in large numbers and asked some awkward questions.

  • local/national press

  • press reports/coverage

  • press reporters/photographers

• 15 the judgment that is given about someone or something in the newspapers or on radio or television:

  • (a) good/bad press The announcement has had a generally good press.

• 16 a business that publishes and sometimes prints books, etc.:

  • Cambridge University Press

• 17 a machine that is used for printing books, etc.:

  • a printing press

• 18 to start to be printed, or to include something in a newspaper, etc.:

  • The last issue of the journal went to press before the news broke.

  • She had gone to press with the rumour without checking her sources first.