URGENT

pressing, urgent

(adjective) compelling immediate action; “too pressing to permit of longer delay”; “the urgent words ‘Hurry! Hurry!’”; “bridges in urgent need of repair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

urgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent)

Requiring immediate attention.

Synonyms: pressing, needly

Anagrams

• Gunter, gunter, gurnet

Source: Wiktionary


Ur"gent, a. Etym: [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See Urge.]

Definition: Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. "The urgent hour." Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. Ex. xii. 33.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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