0 to push something firmly, often without causing it to move permanently further away from you:
2 newspapers and magazines, and those parts of television and radio that broadcast news, or reporters and photographers who work for them:
press reporters/photographers
The charity invited the press (= reporters and photographers) to a presentation of its plans for the future.
Freedom of the press (= the right of newspapers to publish news and opinions without being controlled by the government) must be upheld.
3 a business that prints and produces books and similar things:
Cambridge University Press
6 to push firmly against something that is fixed in position:
[ 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:
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.:
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.:
I put my money in the slot and pressed the button but nothing came out.
I pressed the buzzer and after a while someone came to the door.
Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood.
The government is being widely criticized in the press for failing to limit air pollution.
The judge issued a gagging order to prevent the witnesses from speaking to the press.
Jones was censured for leaking a secret report to the press.
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