"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
  • It is also true that they are continually pressing for the withdrawal of troops from the Congo.
  • Continually pressed for his prediction of how he will be greeted, Pitino was giving no ground.
  • He said calling attention to Saddam's crimes was unnecessary considering the corporate media had continually pressed that point themselves, making it public knowledge.
  • My Group has continually pressed for reforms based on the Wise Men's report.
  • In the years following the Amistad case, the Spanish government continually pressed for compensation.
  • White House officials have been continually pressed by industry lobbyists and antiregulatory groups to remove references to the assessment from government documents.
  • They continually pressed the Dauphin to release him.
  • E. Vincennes is continually pressing me to return him to Narco.
  • The left-hand side turns red when it is continually pressed, shooting out a barrage of smaller, rapid blasts.
  • The ring continually pressed a little closer.
(8) successfully, unsuccessfully
Kolokacji: 2
(9) freshly, newly
Kolokacji: 2
(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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