ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRESS
Pressen, from Old French presser, from Latin pressāre, from premere to press.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PRESS
PRESENT
Present
I press
you press
he/she/it presses
we press
you press
they press
Present continuous
I am pressing
you are pressing
he/she/it is pressing
we are pressing
you are pressing
they are pressing
Present perfect
I have pressed
you have pressed
he/she/it has pressed
we have pressed
you have pressed
they have pressed
Present perfect continuous
I have been pressing
you have been pressing
he/she/it has been pressing
we have been pressing
you have been pressing
they have been pressing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I pressed
you pressed
he/she/it pressed
we pressed
you pressed
they pressed
Past continuous
I was pressing
you were pressing
he/she/it was pressing
we were pressing
you were pressing
they were pressing
Past perfect
I had pressed
you had pressed
he/she/it had pressed
we had pressed
you had pressed
they had pressed
Past perfect continuous
I had been pressing
you had been pressing
he/she/it had been pressing
we had been pressing
you had been pressing
they had been pressing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will press
you will press
he/she/it will press
we will press
you will press
they will press
Future continuous
I will be pressing
you will be pressing
he/she/it will be pressing
we will be pressing
you will be pressing
they will be pressing
Future perfect
I will have pressed
you will have pressed
he/she/it will have pressed
we will have pressed
you will have pressed
they will have pressed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pressing
you will have been pressing
he/she/it will have been pressing
we will have been pressing
you will have been pressing
they will have been pressing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would press
you would press
he/she/it would press
we would press
you would press
they would press
Conditional continuous
I would be pressing
you would be pressing
he/she/it would be pressing
we would be pressing
you would be pressing
they would be pressing
Conditional perfect
I would have press
you would have press
he/she/it would have press
we would have press
you would have press
they would have press
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pressing
you would have been pressing
he/she/it would have been pressing
we would have been pressing
you would have been pressing
they would have been pressing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you press
we let´s press
you press
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
pressing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «PRESS»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
press.
When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with military censorship, and in fact in situations like that there wouldn't be any press without the censorship.
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy.
My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material.
And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?
It is precisely the purpose of the public opinion generated by the press to make the public incapable of judging, to insinuate into it the attitude of someone irresponsible, uninformed.
What has been adjudicated and established in the wake of Vietnam and the Civil Rights movement is the ability of the press to basically write or broadcast almost anything about the government. There's very few restrictions in that way.
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference.
I keep telling myself, don't get cocky. Give your services to the press and the media, be nice to the kids, throw a baseball into the stands once in a while.
The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.
As soon as I got successful, the Scottish press started picking on me. It's something they reserve just for me.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRESS»
Discover the use of
press in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
press and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
South Africa's Alternative
Press: Voices of Protest and ...
Collection of essays on the South African alternative press from the 1880s to the 1960s.
2
The Printing
Press as an Agent of Change
The work is a full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change.
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein,
1980
3
Four Theories of the
Press: The Authoritarian, Libertarian, ...
''Essays prepared in connection with a study of the social responsibilities of mass communicators, being conducted for the Department of the Church and Economic Life of the National Council of Churches.''
Fred Seaton Siebert,
1956
4
Academic
Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Over 125,000 entries cover 124 scientific and technological fields, including acoustical engineering, cartography graphic arts, microbiology, organic chemistry, radiology, and zoology
Christopher G. Morris,
1992
5
The Kelmscott
Press: A History of William Morris's ...
From a quantitative point of view the achievement of the Kelmscott Press may not seem impressive: between 1891 and 1898 it produced fifty-two books and a set of specimen pages for another book.
William S. Peterson,
1991
6
Press Freedom in Africa
Faringer details obstacles to a genuinely free, mass circulation press and analyzes the African press using broad historical, economic, and political perspectives.
Gunilla L. Faringer,
1991
7
Press Brake Technology: A Guide to Precision Sheet Metal Bending
Press Brake Technology is geared for the master craftsman as well as the novice, and is an excellent resource for engineering and drafting courses. Be one of the first to own this important new book!
This second volume in the series Institutions of American Democracy takes a close look at the role of the press in a democracy through a collection of essays by journalists and scholars.
Geneva Overholser, Kathleen Hall Jamieson,
2005
9
Freedom of the
Press: A Reference Guide to the United States ...
The series seeks to provide the legal and community and general citizens with a guide to all aspects of the US Constitution as written and interpreted over the centuries.
Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, R. George Wright,
2004
10
Revolution in Print: The
Press in France, 1775-1800
Explains the role of printing in the French Revolution and the establishment of the revolutionary government
Robert Darnton, Daniel Roche,
1989
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
press is used in the context of the following news items.
Ethnic press baron Theo Skalkos charged with committing an act of …
The controversial ethnic press baron Theo Skalkos has been charged with committing an act of indecency with a teenager. Mr Skalkos, a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
Mahathir On Anwar, Islam, Malays In Business And The Press
These days, feeling that the press is no longer marching to his tune, Mahathir communicates to the world through a blog, Chedet.com – a name ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Spying, undercover work employed to protect North Coast abalone …
... at Van Damme State Park, near Little River, on Friday, May 22, 2015. (Christopher Chung / The Press Democrat) Sonoma Magazine ... «Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Jul 15»
Horrific escalator death: Why didn't onlookers press the stop button?
... across China over the past five years and this latest tragedy puts escalator safety back in the spotlight, according to news agency Hong Kong Free Press. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
Bill Press: Nation of cowards on guns
What do they all have in common? Only one thing: mass shootings. In each of those cities, and too many more, innocent people were mowed ... «The Hill, Jul 15»
Arctic sea ice expert complains to press watchdog over Times story
Professor Peter Wadhams, Cambridge professor of ocean physics, has complained to the Independent Press Standards Organissation (Ipso) ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
WATCH: AT&T MLS All-Star Game press conference streamed live …
Ahead of Wednesday night's AT&T MLS All-Star Game, both teams faced the media on Monday at the annual AT&T MLS All-Star press ... «MLSsoccer.com, Jul 15»
Barack Obama warns Ethiopia over press freedom
PRESIDENT Barack Obama has urged Ethiopia's leaders to curb crackdowns on press freedom and political openness as he began a visit that ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
Turkish opposition press fears new civil war
The opposition press in Turkey is full of warnings against a Kurdish-Turkish conflict. The centre-left Radikal daily blames the current situation on ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
Press Mostly Fails to Report Union Exemptions in Some Minimum …
It's just that the press, which not coincidentally has a higher ... exposed the failure of his journalistic colleagues at the Associated Press, the San ... «NewsBusters, Jul 15»