urgency
(noun) pressing importance requiring speedy action; “the urgency of his need”
importunity, urgency, urging
(noun) insistent solicitation and entreaty; “his importunity left me no alternative but to agree”
urgency
(noun) an urgent situation calling for prompt action; “I’ll be there, barring any urgencies”; “they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs”
urgency
(noun) the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
The quality or condition of being urgent
insistence, pressure
• exigency
• clamancy
Source: Wiktionary
Ur"gen*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. urgence.]
Definition: The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
