urgent

urgent
[[t]ɜ͟ː(r)ʤ(ə)nt[/t]]
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1) ADJ-GRADED If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible.

There is an urgent need for food and water...

He had urgent business in New York.

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urgency N-UNCOUNT

The urgency of finding a cure attracted some of the best minds in medical science...

It is a matter of utmost urgency.

urgently ADV-GRADED ADV with v

Red Cross officials said they urgently needed bread and water...

The money was most urgently required.

2) ADJ-GRADED If you speak in an urgent way, you show that you are anxious for people to notice something or to do something.

His voice was low and urgent...

His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones.

Derived words:
urgency N-UNCOUNT

She was surprised at the urgency in his voice...

`Daniel,' Pat said, her voice harsh with urgency. `Come out here immediately.'

urgently ADV-GRADED ADV with v

They hastened to greet him and asked urgently, `Did you find it?'


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  • Urgent — Ur gent, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See {Urge}.] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. The urgent hour. Shak. [1913 Webster] Some urgent cause to ordain… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • urgent — mid 15c., from M.Fr. urgent pressing, impelling (14c.), from L. urgentem (nom. urgens), prp. of urgere to press hard, urge (see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)). Related: Urgently …   Etymology dictionary

  • Urgént — (lat). dringend, unaufschieblich; Urgénz, Dringlichkeit, dringliche Mahnung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Urgént — (lat.), dringend; Urgénz, Dringlichkeit …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • urgent — I adjective clamant, compelling, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, earnest, essential, exigent, grave, gravis, impelling, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, necessarius, necessary, necessitous,… …   Law dictionary

  • urgent — urgent, ente (ur jan, jan t ) adj. Qui ne souffre point de retardement, pressant. HISTORIQUE    XVe s. •   Encores de present nous est force et necessité urgente pour la conduite de nostre armée de recouvrer grans sommes de deniers, Lettre de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • urgent — *pressing, imperative, crying, importunate, insistent, exigent, instant Analogous words: impelling, driving (see MOVE): constraining, compelling, obliging (see FORCE vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • urgent — [adj] needing immediate attention burning*, called for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry up, immediate, impelling, imperative,… …   New thesaurus

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