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noun American English pronunciation: press /pres/ 
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pluralpresses
 
  1. 1

    the press

     newspapers and news magazines

    the national/local/American/sports press

    the popular/tabloid press

    in the press:

    She has been criticized in the press for not speaking out on this issue.

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    1. a.
      reporters and photographers who work for newspapers or news magazines

      She finally emerged from her home to face the press.

      It’s a meeting for shareholders only, and the press is excluded.

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    2. b.
      [only before noun] relating to the press

      a crowd of press photographers

      The story has received extensive press coverage (=reports in newspapers).

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  3. 3
    [countable] a business that publishes books. This word is sometimes used in company names

    His first book was published by Harvard University Press.

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  5. 5
    [countable] [usually singular] a single push on something such as a button or switch
    at the press of a button (=simply by pressing a button):

    Internet shopping brings the store to your home at the simple press of a button.

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  6. 6
    [singular] an act of making clothes smooth with an iron
    give something a press:

    I’ll just give my shirt a quick press and then I’m ready.

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  7. 7
    [singular] a large number of people pushing in different directions

    He pushed his way through the press of people.

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