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Webster 1913 Edition
Presser
Press′er
,Noun.
One who, or that which, presses.
Presser bar
, or
Presser wheel
(Knitting machine)
, a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them.
– Presser foot
, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.
Webster 1828 Edition
Presser
PRESS'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
presser
presser
English
Noun
presser (plural pressers)
- (media, slang) A press release
- (media, slang) A press conference or press briefing.
Etymology 2
Noun
presser (plural pressers)
- A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin pressāre, present active infinitive of pressō, frequentative of premō.
Pronunciation
Verb
presser
- (transitive) to urge
- (transitive) to squeeze, to squash
- (transitive) to hurry, to hurry up
- (reflexive) to hurry up
- (reflexive) to press against each other, to flock
Conjugation
Conjugation of presser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | presser | avoir pressé | |||||
| gerund | en pressant | en ayant pressé | |||||
| present participle | pressant /pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | pressé /pʁɛ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | presse /pʁɛs/ |
presses /pʁɛs/ |
presse /pʁɛs/ |
pressons /pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
pressez /pʁɛ.se/ |
pressent /pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | pressais /pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
pressais /pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
pressait /pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
pressions /pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
pressiez /pʁɛ.sje/ |
pressaient /pʁɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | pressai /pʁɛ.se/ |
pressas /pʁɛ.sa/ |
pressa /pʁɛ.sa/ |
pressâmes /pʁɛ.sam/ |
pressâtes /pʁɛ.sat/ |
pressèrent /pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | presserai /pʁɛ.sʁe/ |
presseras /pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
pressera /pʁɛ.sʁa/ |
presserons /pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
presserez /pʁɛ.sʁe/ |
presseront /pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | presserais /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserais /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserait /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
presserions /pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
presseriez /pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ |
presseraient /pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | presse /pʁɛs/ |
presses /pʁɛs/ |
presse /pʁɛs/ |
pressions /pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
pressiez /pʁɛ.sje/ |
pressent /pʁɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
pressasse /pʁɛ.sas/ |
pressasses /pʁɛ.sas/ |
pressât /pʁɛ.sa/ |
pressassions /pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
pressassiez /pʁɛ.sa.sje/ |
pressassent /pʁɛ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | presse /pʁɛs/ |
— | pressons /pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ |
pressez /pʁɛ.se/ |
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