pressing

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective [usuallybeforenoun] 1 needing to be dealt with immediately SYNURGENT: I'm afraid I have some pressing business to attend to. * There is a pressing need for more specialist nurses. * The government seems to think that international problems are more pressing than domestic ones. 2 difficult to refuse or to ignore: a pressing invitation noun an object, especially a record, made by using pressure or weight to shape a piece of metal, plastic, etc.; a number of such objects that are made at one time: The initial pressing of the group's album has already sold out.