English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “pressure”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for pressure is pres-sure, with 1 possible break point in this result.

US English hyphenation
pres-sure
2 segments1 break points
British English pattern result pres-sure The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordpressure
Hyphenationpres-sure
Break points1
Part of speechtransitive verb · noun
Pronunciation/ˈprɛʃər/
Meaning & usage

What does “pressure” mean?

pressure: Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Headwordpressure
Part of speechtransitive verb · noun
Pronunciation/ˈprɛʃər/
1
transitive verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Example: “it might now be possible to pressure him into resigning”

2
noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Example: “the slight extra pressure he applied to her hand”

3
noun

The use of persuasion, influence, or intimidation to make someone do something.

Example: “the many pressures on girls to worry about their looks”

Word breaks

How “pressure” is split

pres·sure

For US English, the hyphenation result is pres-sure. This gives 1 possible line-break point in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “pressure”

How do you hyphenate “pressure”?

In the US-English result used here, pressure is hyphenated as pres-sure.

Where can “pressure” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 1 possible break point.

What does “pressure” mean?

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Can you use “pressure” in a sentence?

“it might now be possible to pressure him into resigning”

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