| Pronunciation: | | 'urjunt
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| Matching Terms: | | urgence, urgency, urgent surgery, urgently
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| | Definition: | | [adj] compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" |
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| | Synonyms: | | imperative, pressing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F.
urgent. See {Urge}.]
Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity;
calling for immediate attention; instantly important. ``The
urgent hour.'' --Shak.
Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker.
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they
might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii.
33.
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