press

Universal Words noun, verb noun newspapers 1 (often the Press) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] newspapers and magazines: the local / national / foreign press * the popular / tabloid press (= smaller newspapers with a lot of pictures and stories of famous people) * The story was reported in the press and on television. * the music / sporting press (= newspapers and magazines about music / sport) * Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale. * the freedom of the Press / press freedom (= the freedom to report any events and express opinions) * The event is bound to attract wide press coverage (= it will be written about in many newspapers). * According to French press reports, three people have been killed. seealsoGUTTERPRESS 2 (the press, the Press) [sing.+sing./pl.v.] the journalists and photographers who work for newspapers and magazines: The Press was / were not allowed to attend the trial. * She has been harassed by the press, who desperately need a story. 3 [sing.,U] the type or amount of reports that newspapers write about sb/sth: The airline has had a bad press recently (= journalists have written unpleasant things about it). * The demonstration got very little press. publishing / printing 4 [C,U] a machine for printing books, newspapers, etc.; the process of printing them: We were able to watch the books rolling off the presses. * These prices are correct at the time of going to press. * a story that is hot off the press (= has just appeared in the newspapers) seealsoPRINTINGPRESS, STOPPRESS 5 [C] a business that prints and publishes books: Oxford University Press equipment for pressing 6 [C] (especially in compounds) a piece of equipment that is used for creating pressure on things, to make them flat or to get liquid from them: a trouser press * a garlic press act of pushing 7 [C,usually sing.] an act of pushing sth with your hand or with a tool that you are holding: He gave the bell another press. * Those shirts need a press (= with an iron). crowd 8 [sing.] a large number of people or things competing for space or movement: the press of bodies all moving the same way * Among the press of cars he glimpsed a taxi. cupboard 9 [C] (IrishE, ScotE) a large cupboard, usually with shelves, for holding clothes, books, etc. verb push / squeeze 1 ~ (sth/sb / yourself) against sth