urgency Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
  2. noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
    • the urgency of his need
  3. 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
  4. noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
    urging; importunity.
    • his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

WordNet


Ur"gen*cy noun
Etymology
Cf. F. urgence.
Definitions
  1. The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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