1. Demanding immediate attention; urgent: a pressing need. See synonyms at urgent.
2. Very earnest or persistent; insistent: a pressing invitation.

1. The process or an instance of applying pressure by means of a press.
2. 1. A phonograph record pressed from a master mold or matrix.
   2. A number of recordings pressed at the same time.
3. Urgent solicitation; insistence.

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