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Definition of 'urge'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) urge
to push or force along; impel with force or vigor.

2.  urge
to drive with incitement to speed or effort:
to urge dogs on with shouts.

3.  urge
to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.):
to urge one's escape.

4.  urge
to impel or move to some action:
urged by necessity.

5.  urge
to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; exhort:
to urge a person to greater caution.

6.  urge
to press (something) upon the attention:
to urge a claim.

7.  urge
to insist on or assert with earnestness:
to urge the need of haste.

8.  urge
to recommend earnestly:
to urge a plan of action.

9. (v.i.) urge
to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action.

10.  urge
to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.

11.  urge
to press arguments or allegations, as against a person.

12. (n.) urge
an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.

13.  urge
an involuntary or instinctive impulse:
the sex urge.

Etymology: (1550–60; < L urgēre to press, drive, urge)

Definition of 'urge'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) urge, impulse
an instinctive motive
"profound religious impulses"

2. (verb) urge, itch
a strong restless desire
"why this urge to travel?"

3. (verb) urge, urge on, press, exhort
force or impel in an indicated direction
"I urged him to finish his studies"

4. (verb) recommend, urge, advocate
push for something
"The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

5. (verb) cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
"The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers"

Definition of 'urge'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) urge
to give sb strong advice suggesting they do sth
We urge you to reconsider your decision.

2. (noun) urge
a strong need or desire
sexual urges; I fought against the urge to scream.

Definition of 'urge'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) urge
to press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward

2. (verb) urge
to press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity

3. (verb) urge
to provoke; to exasperate

4. (verb) urge
to press hard upon; to follow closely

5. (verb) urge
to present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon; as, to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case

6. (verb) urge
to treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat

7. (verb) urge
to press onward or forward

8. (verb) urge
to be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist

Translation of 'urge'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to try to persuade or request earnestly (someone to do something) He urged her to drive carefully; `Come with me,' he urged.
Afrikaans: aanmoedig	Arabic: يَحُث	Bulgarian: карам
Brazilian: pedir	Czech: nabádat	German: drängen
Danish: tilskynde	Greek: πιέζω, παροτρύνω, παρακιν	Spanish: exhortar, incitar
Estonian: tungivalt soovitama	Farsi: خواستار شدن	Finnish: kehottaa
French: exhorter	Hebrew: לְהַאִיץ ב-	Hindi: आग्रह करना
Croatian: uporno tražiti, zahtijeva	Hungarian: komolyan kér	Indonesian: mendesak
Icelandic: hvetja	Italian: esortare	Japanese: しきりに促す
Korean: 강력히 밀고 나아가다	Lithuanian: raginti	Latvian: piekodināt; uzstājīgi lūg
Malay: meminta	Dutch: aansporen	Norwegian: be innstendig, presse på,
Polish: nalegać	Persian: خواستار شدن	Pashto: په ټينګه غوښتل، تشويقول،
Portuguese: pedir	Romanian: aîndemna	Russian: настоятельно просить
Slovak: naliehať	Slovenian: nagovarjati	Serbian: nagovarati
Swedish: anmoda, enträget be	Thai: กระตุ้น	Turkish: ısrar etmek, zorlamak
Taiwanese: 強烈要求	Ukrainian: підганяти; спонукати	Urdu: ترغيب دينا، آمادہ کرنا
Vietnamese: thúc giục, giục giã	Chinese: 强烈要求
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