urgent

[ ur-juh nt ]

/ ˈɜr dʒənt /

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adjective

compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.

insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person: an urgent pleader.

expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals: an urgent tone of voice.

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Origin of urgent

1490–1500; < Latin urgent- (stem of urgēns), present participle of urgēre to urge; see -ent

OTHER WORDS FROM urgent

ur·gent·ly, adverbnon·ur·gent, adjectivenon·ur·gent·ly, adverbsu·per·ur·gent, adjective

su·per·ur·gent·ly, adverbun·ur·gent, adjectiveun·ur·gent·ly, adverb

Words nearby urgent

urge, urge incontinence, urgel, urgency, urgency incontinence, urgent, urgent care, urgent care center, urger, urheimat, urhidrosis

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Dunning—Soliciting or urgently pressing the payment of a debt.
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Yet it was urgently necessary that evening, before returning, to make certain investigations in the native quarter of the city.
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His recovery was slow, and a voyage to Europe was urgently recommended by his physicians.
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It was not the desire to be loved, this time, that drove her forward so urgently as the desire to love.
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He forgot his commission and chafed at conventions that prevented his doing what he saw was required so urgently.
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British Dictionary definitions for urgently

urgent

/ (ˈɜːdʒənt) /

adjective

requiring or compelling speedy action or attentionthe matter is urgent; an urgent message

earnest and persistent

Derived forms of urgent

urgency (ˈɜːdʒənsɪ), nounurgently, adverb

Word Origin for urgent

C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge

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urgent

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