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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

go to press en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (of a publication) To go to be printed, after editing is completed.
    • The prospective staff redundancy that would ensue from adoption of the plan is, of course, one of the hotly controversial aspects of the proposals and the chief issue on which a three-day N.U.R. strike was threatened for May 14-16, a few days after this issue went to press. 1963 June, “News and Comment: The redundancy problem”, in Modern Railways, pages 362–363:
    • STOP PRESS: As this issue of RAIL went to press, the RMT announced that it too would be taking strike action on the Tube on March 15 2023 March 8, “Tube drivers announce "first day of action"”, in RAIL, number 978, page 11:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gone to press Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
going to press Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
goes to press Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
went to press Tense=Past lexicographic