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urgency

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɜː^rdʒənsi/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ûr′jən sē)

Inflections of 'urgency' (n): npl: urgencies

ur•gen•cy (ûr′jən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies.

urgent character;
imperativeness;
insistence;
importunateness.
urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.

Late Latin urgentia pressure; see urgent, -ency
1530–40

ur•gent /ˈɜrdʒənt/USA pronunciation adj.

requiring immediate action or attention:an urgent message.
conveying a sense of earnest insistence:spoke in low, urgent tones.

ur•gen•cy, n. [uncountable]
ur•gent•ly, adv.

ur•gent (ûr′jənt),USA pronunciation adj.

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.

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

ur′gent•ly, adv.

'urgency' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

buzz - edge - exigency - fast-forward - full-scale - haste - hurry - instance - number one - red - rush - sake - urgent - whip - active - desperate - flash - importune - instancy - lack - need - press - pressure - Type A - scramble

Synonyms: exigency, need, gravity, seriousness, importance, more...

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I don't have urgency abou this matter.
if finds the urgency to go home,
In a sign of the urgency advocates are feeling around the issue
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It "lent" his message an added urgency
meet/fulfill the urgency
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the Argentine sense of urgency could simply not be matched
the urgency of trust and transparency when underwriting legally binds obligations
the urgency was of her own manufacture
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urgency in the object pursued
urgency of the situation
urgency vs. emergency
with the same urgency <as> they have looked after other critical resources
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