pressing task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpressingandtask
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pressing
adjective
uk/ˈpres.ɪŋ/us/ˈpres.ɪŋ/
urgent or needing to be dealt ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofpressingandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpressing task
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With this brief and preliminary excursion into the semantics of "law," we now turn to the morepressingtaskof outlining its metasemantics.
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Understanding what hip-hop actually means to the kids and how they consume it in their daily lives should therefore be apressingtaskfor researchers.
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But there is a more central andpressingtask.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A major andpressingtasklies ahead of us.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Besides, an even morepressingtaskis to probe who actually benefits from growth and what form that growth should take.
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Now these skills are being turned to thepressingtaskof revitalising existing communities.
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Unfortunately he was detained by apressingtaskin the church, and arrived too late to minister the sacrament of baptism to the child.
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Therefore, the field of bioinformatics has evolved such that the mostpressingtasknow involves the analysis and interpretation of various types of data.
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Since this has not yet been done, it is one of the most pressing tasks in this field of research.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One of the more pressing tasks is the restoration of the rights and assets of the refugees, who have been stripped of their identity.
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The biggest risk is that the most pressing tasks may too often be lost from sight.
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