What does URGENT mean?
Definitions for URGENT
ˈɜr dʒəntur·gent
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word URGENT.
Princeton's WordNet
pressing, urgentadjective
compelling immediate action
"too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"
Wiktionary
urgentadjective
Requiring immediate attention.
An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.
Etymology: Latin urgentem ('pressing') from urgere ('to press').
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Urgentadjective
Etymology: urgent, Fr. urgens, Lat.
Things so ordained are to be kept; howbeit not necessarily, any longer than till there grow some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Richard Hooker, b. iv.
Not alone
The death of Fulvia, but more urgent touches,
Do strongly speak t’ us. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.This ever hath been that true cause of more wars, than upon all other occasions, though it least partakes of the urgent necessity of state. Walter Raleigh.
Let a father seldom strike, but upon very urgent necessity, and as the last remedy. John Locke, on Education.
The Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out in haste. Exod. xii. 33.
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urgent
Urgent refers to something or a situation that requires immediate attention or action due to its critical importance or severity.
Webster Dictionary
Urgentadjective
urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important
Wikidata
Urgent
"Urgent" is a song by the Anglo-American rock band Foreigner, and the first single from their hit album 4 in 1981.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'URGENT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4290
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'URGENT' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4303
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'URGENT' in Adjectives Frequency: #569
Anagrams for URGENT »
Gunter
gurnet
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of URGENT in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of URGENT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of URGENT in a Sentence
Our analysis underscores the importance of urgent action to halt the spread of the Zika virus and to protect the health and well being of people in the affected countries.
We have the opportunity to act now to prevent a profoundly destabilizing action and intervention in our democracy before it happens, and I think that is a profoundly urgent action that we need to take right now.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest:
This heinous act once again underscores the urgent need for a political resolution to the conflict in Libya, the continuation of which only benefits terrorist groups, including ISIL.
We knew then that climate change was causing ever faster cycles of devastating drought, meaning families and communities have little time to recover before being slammed again, with this latest, even more terrible drought hitting Ethiopia just five years later, the need to build resilience is more urgent than ever.
The pope's message brings moral clarity that the world's leaders must come together to address this urgent human challenge.
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- مستعجلArabic
- urgentCatalan, Valencian
- naléhavýCzech
- presserendeDanish
- dringlich, eilig, dringendGerman
- επείγωνGreek
- urĝaEsperanto
- urgente, acucianteSpanish
- kiireellinenFinnish
- urgentFrench
- práinneachIrish
- faochnachScottish Gaelic
- urxenteGalician
- sürgősHungarian
- urgenteInterlingua
- urjantaIdo
- urgenteItalian
- 緊急, 急を要するJapanese
- 긴급Korean
- lezgînKurdish
- nonoiMāori
- dringendDutch
- pilnyPolish
- urgentePortuguese
- экстренный, срочный, неотложныйRussian
- brådskandeSwedish
- అత్యవసరంTelugu
- acil, ivediTurkish
- 急Chinese
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