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How to spell pressure

Pressure is spelled P-R-E-S-S-U-R-E. The part people get wrong: double S.

hear itpres·sure/'prɛʃər/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: The force produced when something pushes against something else.

In a sentence: The pressure in the balloon made it float in the air.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double s, and an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: pressed, pressing, pressured, pressure (noun), pressurize. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Pressure” comes from the Latin root *premere*, meaning “to press” or “to push down.” Over time, English extended the idea from physical pushing to social or emotional pushing, like pressuring someone to do something.

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