press – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of press

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to press
Participle: pressed
Gerund: pressing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipress
youpress
he;she;itpresses
wepress
youpress
theypress

Perfect

Ihave pressed
youhave pressed
he;she;ithas pressed
wehave pressed
youhave pressed
theyhave pressed

Past

Ipressed
youpressed
he;she;itpressed
wepressed
youpressed
theypressed

Pluperfect

Ihad pressed
youhad pressed
he;she;ithad pressed
wehad pressed
youhad pressed
theyhad pressed

Future

Iwill press
youwill press
he;she;itwill press
wewill press
youwill press
theywill press

Future Perfect

Iwill have pressed
youwill have pressed
he;she;itwill have pressed
wewill have pressed
youwill have pressed
theywill have pressed

Subjunctive

Present

Ipress
youpress
he;she;itpress
wepress
youpress
theypress

Perfect

Ihave pressed
youhave pressed
he;she;ithave pressed
wehave pressed
youhave pressed
theyhave pressed

Imperfect

Ipressed
youpressed
he;she;itpressed
wepressed
youpressed
theypressed

Pluperfect

Ihad pressed
youhad pressed
he;she;ithad pressed
wehad pressed
youhad pressed
theyhad pressed

Conditional

Present

Iwould press
youwould press
he;she;itwould press
wewould press
youwould press
theywould press

Perfect

Iwould have pressed
youwould have pressed
he;she;itwould have pressed
wewould have pressed
youwould have pressed
theywould have pressed

Imperative

youpress
weLet's press
youpress

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pressing
youare pressing
he;she;itis pressing
weare pressing
youare pressing
theyare pressing

Perfect

Ihave been pressing
youhave been pressing
he;she;ithas been pressing
wehave been pressing
youhave been pressing
theyhave been pressing

Past

Iwas pressing
youwere pressing
he;she;itwas pressing
wewere pressing
youwere pressing
theywere pressing

Pluperfect

Ihad been pressing
youhad been pressing
he;she;ithad been pressing
wehad been pressing
youhad been pressing
theyhad been pressing

Future

Iwill be pressing
youwill be pressing
he;she;itwill be pressing
wewill be pressing
youwill be pressing
theywill be pressing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pressing
youwill have been pressing
he;she;itwill have been pressing
wewill have been pressing
youwill have been pressing
theywill have been pressing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pressing
youwould be pressing
he;she;itwould be pressing
wewould be pressing
youwould be pressing
theywould be pressing

Perfect

Iwould have been pressing
youwould have been pressing
he;she;itwould have been pressing
wewould have been pressing
youwould have been pressing
theywould have been pressing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'press'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'press'

dress, fress, prest, priss, tress, adpress, appress, bless, brass, caress,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to crowd; to throng
assemble, thring, thrutch
to press or squeeze together; to make more dense
astringe, compact, compactify, condense, densitize, mash, pack, scrunch, smush, squash, squeeze, squish, squoosh, compress, thring, thrutch
to clasp in the arms with affection
accoll, amplect, beclip, clip, coll, complect, comply, cwtch, embrace, enfold, enhalse, fall on someone's neck, fathom, glomp, halse, hug, infold, oxter, squeeze, umbeclap
compress
constrain, crowd, crush, jam, mash, push, squash, squeeze
crowd
cram, crush, jam, squash, squeeze
flatten
iron, smooth

Antonyms

compress
increase, extend, spread, stretch

Additional Information

Etymology

1. "force into service," 1578, alteration (by association with press (v.1)) of prest (c.1360) "engage by loan, pay in advance," especially money paid to a soldier or sailor on enlisting, from L. præstare "to provide," from præ- "before" + stare "to stand," from PIE base *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related to præsto (adv.) "ready, available."
2. From Middle English pressen (“to crowd, thring, press”), from Old French presser (“to press”) (Modern French presser) from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere "to press". Displaced native Middle English thringen (“to press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þringan (“to press, crowd”)), Middle English thrasten (“to press, force, urge”) (from Old English þrǣstan (“to press, force”)), Old English þryscan (“to press”), Old English þȳwan (“to press, impress”). See: French 'presser', Old English 'þringan'.

Verbs referencing "press"

Dutch persen, Scots Gaelic preas, Ido presar.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] into the outer passage. When Mrs. Shelby had dismissed Eliza for the night, her feverish and excited mind had suggested the idea of this closet; and she had hidden herself there, and, with her ear pressed close against the crack of the door, had lost not a word of the conversation. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] of his English brethren ) was desperately long-winded, and had a remarkable capacity of saying the same thing over and over again. His great theme was ‘Warren the ěngine driver, ’ whom he pressed into the service of every sentence he uttered. I listened to him for about a quarter of an hour; and, coming out of court at the expiration of that time, without the faintest ray of enlightenment [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] and go up—up—up ! ’ — raising his hand higher, and higher, at every repetition of the word, so that he stood with it at last stretched above his head, regarding them in a strange, rapt manner, and pressing the book triumphantly to his breast, until he gradually subsided into some other portion of his discourse. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • I saw in this place the whole process of picking, rolling, pressing, drying, packing in casks, and branding. All the tobacco thus dealt with, was in course of manufacture for chewing; and one would have supposed there was enough in that one storehouse to have [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] the most convenient chair, and producing a large pin to pick her teeth with, remained performing that ceremony, and steadfastly regarding us meanwhile with much gravity and composure (now and then pressing us to eat a little more ), until it was time to clear away. It was enough for us, that whatever we wished done was done with great civility and readiness, and a desire to oblige, not only here, but [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] gun brought him down, and he fell, wounded and bleeding, almost at my feet. The poor fellow looked up at me with manhood and despair both in his eye. I kept back the dogs and the party, as they came pressing up, and claimed him as my prisoner. It was all I could do to keep them from shooting him, in the flush of success; but I persisted in my bargain, and Alfred sold him to me. Well, I took him in hand, [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] so busy. And, in fact, Miss Ophelia's industry was so incessant as to lay some foundation for the complaint. She sewed and stitched away, from daylight till dark, with the energy of one who is pressed on by some immediate urgency; and then, when the light faded, and the work was folded away, with one turn out came the ever-ready knitting-work, and there she was again, going on as briskly as ever. [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] those eyes, that spoke so much of heaven ! Earth was past,—and earthly pain; but so solemn, so mysterious, was the triumphant brightness of that face, that it checked even the sobs of sorrow. They pressed around her, in breathless stillness. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ What, Mas’r ? ” said Tom, earnestly. “ I am dying ! ” said St. Clare, pressing his hand; “ pray ! ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I'll do anything in reason, ” said the benevolent-looking gentleman, pressing in and joining with the bids. In a few moments they have run beyond his purse. He is silent; the auctioneer grows warmer; but bids gradually drop off. It lies now between an aristocratic old citizen [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)