urgent

[ur-juh nt]

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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.

Origin of urgent

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

Related formsur·gent·ly, adverbnon·ur·gent, adjectivenon·ur·gent·ly, adverbsu·per·ur·gent, adjectivesu·per·ur·gent·ly, adverbun·ur·gent, adjectiveun·ur·gent·ly, adverb

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Contemporary Examples

Last week the Red Cross was sent to the region to “urgently collect 30 bodies.”
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November 5, 2014
The Royalist is urgently contacting Russian Tatler to see this extraordinary document with our own eyes.
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Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
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September 24, 2014
Beck had accidentally destroyed hours of urgently needed American reports.
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September 8, 2014
Darwish spoke to me urgently, saying that the origin of violence in the Middle East came from the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
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Jay Parini
June 26, 2014

Historical Examples

You see, the ball had been announced, and immediate money was urgently needed.
Jennie Baxter, Journalist
Robert Barr
His solitude terrified him, and he urgently entreated his sister to come to him.
Doctor Pascal
Emile Zola
Now, was ever a country so urgently in want of a little repose as ours?
Nuts and Nutcrackers
Charles James Lever
"You had better go, sir," one of the sisters said, urgently.
The Young Franc Tireurs
G. A. Henty
She would not let him go, but he went on urgently entreating.
Russian Fairy Tales
W. R. S. Ralston

British Dictionary definitions for urgently

urgent

adjective

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

Derived Formsurgency (ˈɜːdʒənsɪ), nounurgently, adverb

Word Origin

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

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Word Origin and History for urgently

urgent

adj.

mid-15c., from Middle French urgent "pressing, impelling" (14c.), from Latin urgentem (nominative urgens), present participle of urgere "to press hard, urge" (see urge (v.)). Related: Urgently.

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Examples from the Web for urgently

Contemporary Examples

Last week the Red Cross was sent to the region to “urgently collect 30 bodies.”

The Royalist is urgently contacting Russian Tatler to see this extraordinary document with our own eyes.

Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.

Beck had accidentally destroyed hours of urgently needed American reports.

Darwish spoke to me urgently, saying that the origin of violence in the Middle East came from the Israeli-Palestinian divide.

Historical Examples

You see, the ball had been announced, and immediate money was urgently needed.

His solitude terrified him, and he urgently entreated his sister to come to him.

Now, was ever a country so urgently in want of a little repose as ours?

"You had better go, sir," one of the sisters said, urgently.

She would not let him go, but he went on urgently entreating.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for urgently

urgent

adj.

Origin of urgent