Meaning of URGENCY
| Pronunciation: | | 'urjunsee
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- [n] pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
- [n] insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
- [n] 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"
- [n] the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
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| | Synonyms: | | importunity, urging |
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| | See Also: | | criticality, criticalness, cruciality, edge, haste, hurry, imperativeness, imperativeness, importance, insistence, insistence, insistency, insistency, instancy, necessity, press, pressure, sharpness, situation, solicitation, state of affairs | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ur"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. urgence.]
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence;
pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
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