"press" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

press verbo

press + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 69
press charges • press one's hand • press one's lips • press one's face • press one's fingers • press one's case • press one's palms • ...
verbo + press
Kolokacji: 12
continue to press • keep pressing • try to press • want to press • begin pressing • ...
press + preposición
Kolokacji: 47
press against • press into • press down • press up • press upon • ...
press + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 71
press ahead • press hard • press forward • pressed together • gently press • press tightly • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 17
(2) hard, tightly, firmly
Kolokacji: 3
(5) flat, constantly, steadily
Kolokacji: 3
(8) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) freshly, newly
Kolokacji: 2
  • She could see that argument had reached him, and quickly pressed her point.
  • She was completed in October, 1942 and quickly pressed into service.
  • It was quickly pressed back into service, and made its first voyage of the season less than a month later.
  • The boy had quickly pressed the stop button on the machine.
  • Apply it to one surface then press together quickly and accurately to make a good contact.
  • The others are quickly pressed into oil, or brought from "the tree to the stone," according to an Arab saying.
  • She quickly pressed a foot on the dummy's back to hold him in place.
  • On one of the cards a symbol turns yellow and you have to quickly press play because the menu is only short.
  • She quickly pressed the material against him, his wound already numbing.
  • Once out in the hallway, he quickly pressed his comcuff.
3. slowly press = wolno prasa slowly press
4. press eagerly = naciskaj z zapałem press eagerly
5. press uncomfortably = naciskaj niewygodnie press uncomfortably
6. rapidly press = szybko prasa rapidly press
(11) immediately, directly
Kolokacji: 2
(12) sorely, painfully
Kolokacji: 2
(13) deep, deeply
Kolokacji: 2
(14) upward, downward
Kolokacji: 2
(15) perfectly, immaculately
Kolokacji: 2
(16) urgently, insistently
Kolokacji: 2
(17) publicly, privately
Kolokacji: 2

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