(UK) Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.

Needing urgent attention. / Insistent, earnest, or persistent.

The application of pressure by a press or other means. / A metal or plastic part made with a press.

present participle of press

(now Britain, rare) Immediately, at once; quickly. / Before long; soon. / (rarely proscribed) At present; now; currently. / (obsolete) With actual presence; in actuality.

(physiology) The highest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring during each heart beat, because of the systole.

(physiology) The lowest pressure within the bloodstream, occurring between heart beats, because of a diastole.

atmospheric pressure or barometric pressure. / the (amount of) pressure of air within something

(physics, meteorology) The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere above an area.

(medicine, pharmacy, pharmacology) A written order from an authorized medical practitioner for provision of a medicine or other treatment, such as (ophthalmology) the specific lenses needed for a pair of glasses.