URGENCY

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

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Etymology

Noun

urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)

The quality or condition of being urgent

insistence, pressure

Synonyms

• exigency

• clamancy

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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