noun
1. the state of demanding notice or attention
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the insistence of their hunger
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the press of business matters
• Syn: ↑insistence, ↑insistency, ↑press, ↑pressure
• Derivationally related forms: ↑pressure (for: ↑pressure), ↑press (for: ↑pressure), ↑insistent (for: ↑insistency), ↑insistent (for: ↑insistence), ↑imperative
• Hypernyms: ↑urgency
2. the quality of being insistent
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he pressed his demand with considerable instancy
• Syn: ↑instancy
• Hypernyms: ↑urgency
Useful english dictionary. 2012.