pressure
US /ˈprɛʃɚ/
・UK /'preʃə(r)/
A2
noun
- Anxiety caused by difficult problems
- Force, weight when pressing against a thing
- Strong persuasion to do something
verb
- To apply force to something
- To persuade or force someone to do something
Examples
The government bowed to popular pressure and repealed the law.
There's a lot of pressure on the soldiers preparing for battle.