- (often the Press)[singular + singular or plural verb] newspapers and magazines
- the local/national/foreign press
- the popular/tabloid press (= newspapers with a lot of pictures and stories about famous people)
- the music/sporting press (= newspapers and magazines about music/sport)
- The mainstream press is/are ignoring this story.
- Unlike the American, the British press operates on a national scale.
- in the press The case has been widely reported in the press.
- the freedom of the Press/press freedom (= the freedom to report any events and express opinions)
- The event is bound to attract wide press coverage (= it will be written about in many newspapers).
- According to French press reports, three people have been killed.
- a White House press briefing
Extra ExamplesTopics TV, radio and newsb1- He issued a press statement insisting on his innocence.
- The right-wing press mostly backed the government.
- There was no mention of the incident in the national press.
- She is constantly being attacked by the press.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
- the press, the Press[singular + singular or plural verb] the journalists and photographers who work for newspapers and magazines
- The Press was/were not allowed to attend the trial.
- She has been harassed by the press, who desperately need a story.
- He told the press that there had been ‘further progress’.
- She told them not to talk to the press.
Extra Examples- Did the senator deliberately mislead the press?
- She showed the doorman her press pass.
- Someone must have alerted the press that she was going to be there.
- The president was briefed before meeting the press.
- They introduced measures including muzzling the press and illegal detainment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
- [singular, uncountable] the type or amount of reports that newspapers write about somebody/something
- The airline has had a bad press recently (= journalists have written unpleasant things about it).
- The demonstration got very little press.
- His latest novel didn't get (a) very good press (= was not praised in the media).
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- international
- local
- …
- alert
- brief
- tell
- …
- briefing
- release
- statement
- …
- in the press
- get a good, bad, etc. press
- get good, bad, etc. press
- have a good, bad, etc. press
- …
- [countable, uncountable] a machine for printing books, newspapers, etc.; the process of printing them
- We were able to watch the books rolling off the presses.
- These prices are correct at the time of going to press.
- a story that is hot off the press (= has just appeared in the newspapers)
Extra Examples- The newspaper goes to press at 6 o'clock.
- The presses are already rolling.
- Their new book is in press.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- printing
- go to
- roll
- in press
- hot off the press
- hot off the presses
- stop the press
- …
- [countable] a business that prints and publishes books
- Oxford University Press
- [countable] (especially in compounds) a piece of equipment that is used for creating pressure on things, to make them flat or to get liquid from them
- a trouser press
- an olive press
- [countable, usually singular] an act of pushing something with your hand or with a tool that you are holding
- He gave the bell another press.
- Those shirts need a press (= with an iron).
- [singular] a large number of people or things competing for space or movement synonym throng
- the press of bodies all moving the same way
- Among the press of cars he glimpsed a taxi.
- [countable] (Irish English, Scottish English) a large cupboard, usually with shelves, for holding clothes, books, etc.
newspapers
publishing/printing
equipment for pressing
act of pushing
crowd
cupboard
Word Originnoun Middle English: from Old French presse (noun), presser (verb), from Latin pressare ‘keep pressing’, frequentative of premere.
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