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high-pressure en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Operating at relatively high pressure, such as several times atmospheric pressure.
  2. (figuratively) Tense; stressful.
    • High-pressure situations can lead to nervous breakdowns.
  3. (figuratively) Involving much persuasion.
    • High-pressure salesmanship on the part of the Electro-Motive subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation, which has built by far the largest proportion of the American diesels to date, there certainly has been - to such an extent, indeed, as to compel the old-established builders of steam locomotives, such as Baldwins, the American Locomotive Company and the Lima Locomotive Company, either to follow suit or go out of the locomotive building business altogether - [...]. 1961 February, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 85:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
highest-pressure Degree=Sup lexicographic
higher-pressure Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

low-pressure

high-pressure en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To coerce someone to perform or carry out an action by applying a high degree of psychological pressure.

Forms

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high-pressured Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
high-pressured Tense=Past lexicographic
high-pressures Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
high-pressuring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Translations (3)

ka მაღალწნევიანი (operating with high pressures) · cs vysokotlaký (operating with high pressures) · ka მაღალი წნევის (operating with high pressures)