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urgent

[ ur-juhnt ]

adjective

  1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; dire; pressing:

    an urgent matter.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person:

    an urgent pleader.

  3. expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals:

    an urgent tone of voice.



urgent

/ ˈɜːdʒənsɪ; ˈɜːdʒənt /

adjective

  1. requiring or compelling speedy action or attention

    the matter is urgent

    an urgent message

  2. earnest and persistent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • urgency, noun
  • ˈܰԳٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ܰ·Գ· adverb
  • ԴDz·ܰ·Գ adjective
  • ··ܰ·Գ adjective
  • ܲ·ܰ·Գ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of urgent1

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Latin urgent- (stem of ܰŧԲ ), present participle of ܰŧ “to press, force, drive”; urge, -ent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of urgent1

C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of ܰŧ to urge
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"Senedd ministers must commission an urgent engineering review of this stretch of road to fully assess the risks and identify what measures can be taken to avoid more lives being lost," he said.

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In a report, the MPs urged ministers to deliver more affordable homes and take urgent action to support families living in temporary accommodation.

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Pozen notes that “there has been no allegation — much less a finding — of noncompliance in the many parts of Columbia from which funding has been cut, including from urgent medical and scientific research.”

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It grants parole based on “urgent humanitarian or significant public benefit reasons.”

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There’s no question the fentanyl crisis is urgent.

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