urge
Americanverb (used with object)
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to push or force along; impel with force or vigor.
to urge the cause along.
- Antonyms:
- deter
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to drive with incitement to speed or effort.
to urge dogs on with shouts.
- Antonyms:
- deter
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to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.).
to urge one's escape.
- Antonyms:
- deter
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to impel, constrain, or move to some action.
urged by necessity.
- Antonyms:
- discourage
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to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly.
to urge a person to greater caution.
- Antonyms:
- discourage
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to press (something) upon the attention.
to urge a claim.
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to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness.
to urge the need of haste.
- Synonyms:
- asseverate, aver
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to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly.
to urge a plan of action.
verb (used without object)
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to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action.
Hunger urges.
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to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.
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to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause.
The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment.
noun
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an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.
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an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse.
the sex urge.
verb
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(tr) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something)
we urged him to surrender
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(tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on
to urge the need for safety
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(tr) to impel, drive, or hasten onwards
he urged the horses on
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archaic (tr) to stimulate, excite, or incite
noun
Other Word Forms
- overurge verb
- unurged adjective
- unurging adjective
- urgingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of urge
First recorded in 1550–60, urge is from the Latin word urgēre to press, force, drive, urge
Example Sentences
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But Yap urges caution given the strength of recent share-price gains, telling investors to favor banks with defensive earnings, strong capital buffers and scope to attract additional foreign inflows.
“New York City has not faced a storm of this scale in the last decade,” he said, urging residents to avoid nonessential travel.
In an unusually strongly worded rebuke, the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday urged China to reorient its economy toward consumption and scale back “unwarranted industrial policy” to “mitigate international spillovers.”
But nobody has been appointed to chair the inquiry, leading to some families urging Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to intervene.
From BBC
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said there was "absolute coordination" between state and federal officials in response to the violence, urging people to stay "calm and informed".
From BBC
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