el tiempo apremia

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.

Example: Time stops for nobody.   the ebb and flow of time

Definition: A duration of time.

Definition: An instant of time.

Definition: The measurement under some system of region of day or moment.

Example: Let's synchronize our watches so we're not on different time.

Definition: Ratio of comparison.

Example: your car runs three times faster than mine;  that is four times as heavy as this

Definition: (grammar) Tense.

Example: the time of a verb

Definition: The measured duration of sounds; measure; tempo; rate of movement; rhythmical division.

Example: common or triple time;   the musician keeps good time.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of.

Example: I used a stopwatch to time myself running around the block.

Definition: To choose when something begins or how long it lasts.

Example: The President timed his speech badly, coinciding with the Super Bowl.

Definition: To keep or beat time; to proceed or move in time.

Definition: To pass time; to delay.

Definition: To regulate as to time; to accompany, or agree with, in time of movement.

Definition: To measure, as in music or harmony.

Phonetic: "/tɑem/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: Reminder by the umpire for the players to continue playing after their pause.

Definition: The umpire's call in prizefights, etc.

Definition: A call by a bartender to warn patrons that the establishment is closing and no more drinks will be served.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To exert weight or force against, to act upon with force or weight; to exert pressure upon.

Definition: To activate a button or key by exerting a downward or forward force on it, and then releasing it.

Definition: To compress, squeeze.

Example: to press fruit for the purpose of extracting the juice

Definition: To clasp, hold in an embrace.

Definition: To reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth.

Example: to press a hat

Definition: To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas.

Definition: To drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction.

Example: to press a crowd back

Definition: To weigh upon, oppress, trouble.

Definition: To force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly.

Definition: To try to force (something upon someone).

Example: to press the Bible on an audience

Definition: To hasten, urge onward.

Example: to press a horse in a race

Definition: To urge, beseech, entreat.

Definition: To lay stress upon.

Definition: To throng, crowd.

Definition: To print.

Definition: To force into service, particularly into naval service.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The application of pressure by a press or other means.

Definition: A metal or plastic part made with a press.

Definition: The process of improving the appearance of clothing by improving creases and removing wrinkles with a press or an iron.

Definition: A memento preserved by pressing, folding, or drying between the leaves of a flat container, book, or folio. Usually done with a flower, ribbon, letter, or other soft, small keepsake.

Definition: The extraction of juice from fruit using a press.

Definition: A phonograph record; a number of records pressed at the same time.

Definition: Urgent insistence.

Phonetic: "/ˈpɹɛsɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Needing urgent attention.

Definition: Insistent, earnest, or persistent.