🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

プレス

Pronunciation / Transliteration: puresu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Press/prɛs/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"新聞は高速プレスで製造されました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A machine used for printing or applying pressure.

    "The newspaper was produced using a high-speed press."
As verb
  1. 1

    To apply pressure to something.

    "Please press the button to start the machine."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'press' originates from the Latin 'premere', meaning 'to press, squeeze', which evolved through Old French 'presser' before entering Middle English as 'pressen'. Its meaning has expanded over time to include various forms of exerting force and the act of publishing.

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