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.

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, adverb non·ur·gent, adjective non·ur·gent·ly, adverb su·per·ur·gent, adjective

su·per·ur·gent·ly, adverb un·ur·gent, adjective un·ur·gent·ly, adverb

Words nearby urgent

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

Example sentences from the Web for urgent

Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.

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Is there anyone who thinks the urgent problem we need to solve in Washington, D.C. is how to allow more spending on campaigns?

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We need to strike a balance between creating false alarms and letting any urgent medical matters fall through the cracks.

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But a Western policy that is blind to the urgent need for reform and justice is certain to end in catastrophe.

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But if gendered Internet harassment is this urgent of a problem, why is Twitter outsourcing it to WAM!

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At his urgent invitation Lincoln visited him in the summer of 1841.

McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 |Various
I was interrupted, while reading, by my servant who announced that a gentleman wished to see me on urgent business.

The Blue Germ |Martin Swayne
This ground had been M. de Peyrehorade's property, but he had given it to the public at his son's urgent entreaties.

Abb Aubain and Mosaics |Prosper Mrime
It was only owing to the urgent objections of Herr von Knobelsdorff that he walked in the procession behind the pages.

Royal Highness |Thomas Mann
They feel their urgent need of its warmth in their stiffening, frigid lives.

Prisoners |Mary Cholmondeley

British Dictionary definitions for urgent

urgent

/ (ˈɜːdʒənt) /

adjective

requiring or compelling speedy action or attention the matter is urgent; an urgent message

earnest and persistent

Derived forms of urgent

urgency (ˈɜːdʒənsɪ), noun urgently, adverb

Word Origin for urgent

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

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