 English vocabulary word of the day, press from espressoenglish.net. First, let's practice the pronunciation. PR sounds like in the words prefer, proud, and pretty. The letter E has the EH sound, like in wet, less, and red. And SS sounds like in kiss, mess, and boss. Say the word after me, press. The verb press means to apply pressure by pushing. For example, pressing the big red button will sound the alarm. Press is also a general word for the media and news publishers. For example, the president hasn't yet made a statement to the press. We can talk about the local press or the international press, again referring to local media and international media. The expression press coverage refers to how much a topic is appearing in the news. And we also have something called a press conference. That's a meeting where a famous or important person talks to multiple reporters and the reporters can ask questions. One expression with the word press is pressed for time. If you're pressed for time, it means you don't have much time, so you're in a rush. For example, I can't chat right now, I have a doctor's appointment, and I'm pressed for time. Another expression is being hard pressed to do something. This means have a lot of trouble or difficulty doing it. For example, this is a great computer, you'd be hard pressed to find a better one. This means it would be difficult to find a better computer than this. If you're interested in learning more, check out my vocabulary builder course as well as the free sample lessons that you can get by clicking on the link in the video.