What does urging mean?
Definitions for urging
urg·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word urging.
Princeton's WordNet
goad, goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurringnoun
a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves"
urgingnoun
the act of earnestly supporting or encouraging
importunity, urgency, urgingnoun
insistent solicitation and entreaty
"his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
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urging
Urging refers to the act of actively encouraging, persuading, or pressing someone to do something. It typically involves persistent suggestion or strong persuading.
Webster Dictionary
Urging
of Urge
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gruing
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of urging in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of urging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of urging in a Sentence
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:
I'm urging every member of Congress that I can meet, Democrat and Republican, to figure out a way to break this impasse so I can get a fully funded bill by Feb. 27.
He who requires urging to do a noble act will never accomplish it.
We are urging people to bury their dead at the earliest in view of the current heat wave and poor power situation, we have not run out of capacity at the morgue, but buried 30 unclaimed bodies this morning to create more space.
Brute force crushes many plants. Yet the plants rise again. The Pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. And before Buddha or Jesus spoke the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing. And in the beginning was not a Word, but a chirrup.
It is my understanding that the transport ministry is looking into the possibility of (urging) an investigative recall in Japan.
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- حثArabic
- exhortantFrench
- mendesakIndonesian
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