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pressurize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈpɹɛʃəɹaɪz/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pressūrader. English pressure Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English pressurize From pressure + -ize.

Meanings

  1. To put (physical) pressure on; to put under pressure.
  2. (rare) To coerce, put under duress; to pressure.
    • These men were indignant concerning the press coverage of the case and were careful to point out that Osborne did not pressurize them into sex or invade their privacy in any way. 1981, Paul Wilson, The Man They Called a Monster:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
pressurise alternative lexicographic
pressurizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pressurized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pressurized Tense=Past lexicographic
pressurizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

depressurize

Deriveds

underpressurize · pressurizer · pressurizable · repressurize · overpressurize

Translations (12)

de unter Druck setzen (to put pressure on) · ro presuriza (to put pressure on) · fi paineistaa (to put pressure on) · fr pressuriser (to put pressure on) · bg поставям под налягане (to put pressure on) · cmn 加壓 /加压 (to put pressure on) · ca pressuritzar (to put pressure on) · it pressurizzare (to put pressure on) · pt pressurizar (to put pressure on) · sh stlačiti (to put pressure on) · es presurizar (to put pressure on) · gl presurizar (to put pressure on)