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Pressures
- noun - a force that compels; "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
- an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress
- exert pressure on someone through threats
- the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"
- the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
- the pressure exerted by the atmosphere
- the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin; "the sensitivity of his skin to pressure and temperature was normal"
- the state of demanding notice or attention; "the insistence of their hunger"; "the press of business matters"
- to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "
Presswork
- - The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
Prestiges
- noun - a high standing achieved through success or influence or wealth etc.; "he wanted to achieve power and prestige"
Prestwich
- unknown - Town in Bury, Greater Manchester
Presuming
- verb - constitute reasonable evidence for; "A restaurant bill presumes the consumption of food"
- take liberties or act with too much confidence
- take to be the case or to be true; accept without verification or proof; "I assume his train was late"
- take upon oneself; act presumptuously, without permission;
Pretences
- noun - a false or unsupportable quality
- an artful or simulated semblance; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them"
- imaginative intellectual play
- pretending with intention to deceive
- the act of giving a false appearance; "his conformity was only pretending"
Pretended
- verb - adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
- behave unnaturally or affectedly; "She's just acting"
- make believe with the intent to deceive;
- put forward a claim and assert right or possession of; "pretend the title of King"
- put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; "She makes like an actress"
- state insincerely; "He professed innocence but later admitted his guilt"; "She pretended not to have known the suicide bomber"; "She pretends to be an expert on wine"
Pretender
- noun - a claimant to the throne or to the office of ruler (usually without just title)
- a person who makes deceitful pretenses
- a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives