According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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
Etymology
Noun
urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
The quality or condition of being urgent
insistence, pressure
Synonyms
• 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
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