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Webster 1913 Edition


Urgency

Ur′gen-cy

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
urgence
.]
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure;
as, the
urgency
of a demand or an occasion
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Urgency

URG'ENCY

, n.
1.
Pressure; importunity; earnest solicitation; as the urgency of a request.
2.
Pressure of necessity; as the urgency of want or distress; the urgency of the occasion.

Definition 2024


urgency

urgency

English

Noun

urgency (plural urgencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent
    the urgency of a demand
    • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
      Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.
  2. insistence, pressure
    I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.

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