"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
  • They can be temperamental in the press, but look really lovely when pressed successfully.
  • Later, Frances successfully pressed a court action that declared her to be competent.
  • During the 1950s, however, employers began to press successfully for coordinated, central wage bargaining, which has continued subsequently.
  • The European Parliament has successfully pressed for a number of improvements.
  • Otunbayeva played a key role in November 2006 protests that pressed successfully for a new democratic constitution.
  • The two pressed successfully for the purchase of the entire hill and valley adjoining it, obtaining more money through contributions.
  • Since then, he has successfully pressed Congress to restore some benefits, like disability and health benefits to legal immigrants.
  • For the past quarter-century people across the world have successfully pressed for freedom and more accountable government.
  • It successfully pressed Germans to make reparations to Jews in the early 1950's.
  • He successfully pressed for regulated wheat and dairy prices to be raised until the abolition of price controls in 1921.
(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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