pressure:(pres-her):
–noun
1.the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
2.Physics. force per unit area. Symbol: P Compare stress (def. 6).
3.Meteorology. atmospheric pressure.
4.Electricity. electromotive force.
5.the state of being pressed or compressed.
6.harassment; oppression: the pressures of daily life.
7.a constraining or compelling force or influence: the social pressures of city life; financial pressure.
8.urgency, as of affairs or business: He works well under pressure.
9.Obsolete. that which is impressed.
–verb (used with object)
Examples:I can't work under pressure.
10.to force (someone) toward a particular end; influence: They pressured him into accepting the contract.