pressure

I

n.

1) to exert, place, put pressure on smb.

2) to bring pressure to bear on smb.

3) to build up, increase (the) pressure

4) to feel pressure

5) to ease, relieve (the) pressure

6) to face; resist pressure (to resist pressure from extremist groups)

7) inexorable, intense, maximum, relentless, strong, unrelieved pressure

8) financial; outside; parental; peer; population; public pressure (to resist public pressure)

9) air; blood; oil; water pressure

10) (esp. meteorology) atmospheric; barometric; high; low pressure

11) pressure builds up, increases, rises; eases, falls

12) pressure for (pressure for tax reform)

13) pressure from (to face inexorable pressure from the media)

14) under pressure (under relentless pressure)

II

v. (AE)

1) (D; tr.) to pressure into (to pressure smb. into doing smt.)

2) (H) to pressure smb. to do smt.

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barometric

blood

eases

falls

high

increase (the) pressure

increases

intense

low pressure

maximum

oil

outside

parental

peer

place

population

put pressure on smb.

relentless

relieve (the) pressure

rises

strong

unrelieved pressure

water pressure

public pressure (to resist public pressure)

resist pressure (to resist pressure from extremist groups)

(H) to pressure smb. to do smt.

(esp. meteorology) atmospheric

air

financial

inexorable

to bring pressure to bear on smb.

to build up

to ease

to exert

to face

to feel pressure

pressurebuilds up

pressure from (to face inexorable pressure from the media)

(AE) (D; tr.) to pressure into (to pressure smb. into doing smt.)

under pressure (under relentless pressure)

pressure for (pressure for tax reform)