Urgent

  • 21urgent — urgently, adv. /err jeuhnt/, adj. 1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter. 2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person: an urgent pleader. 3. expressed with insistence …

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  • 22urgent — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ Can you come to the phone it sounds urgent. ▪ become ADVERB ▪ extremely …

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  • 23urgent — adj. urgent that + clause; subj. (it is urgent that they all be/should be present) * * * [ ɜːdʒ(ə)nt] subj. (it is urgent that they all be/should be present) urgent that + clause …

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  • 24urgent — ur|gent S3 [ˈə:dʒənt US ˈə:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of urgere; URGE1] 1.) very important and needing to be dealt with immediately ▪ He was in urgent need of medical attention. ▪ The report called… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25urgent — adjective 1 very important and needing to be dealt with immediately: an urgent message | be in urgent need of: in urgent need of medical attention 2 formal done or said in a way that shows that you want something to be dealt with immediately: an… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 26urgent — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent , urgens, present participle of urgēre Date: 15th century 1. a. calling for immediate attention ; pressing < urgent appeals > < an urgent need > b. conveying a sense of&#8230; …

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  • 27URGENT — ENTE adj. Pressant, qui ne souffre point de retardement. Il l a assisté dans son urgente nécessité. Affaires urgentes. Les urgentes nécessités de l État. Maladie urgente. Besoin urgent. Le cas était urgent …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 28Urgent — Urgenz ist ein aus dem lateinischen urgere ( drängen ) entstandenes Substantiv mit der Bedeutung Dringlichkeit. In dieser Bedeutung ist es noch heute im österreichischen Sprachraum verbreitet. Das zugehörige Adjektiv urgent, mit der Bedeutung&#8230; …

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  • 29urgent — adjective 1) the urgent need for more funding Syn: acute, pressing, dire, desperate, critical, serious, grave, intense, crying, burning, compelling, extreme, exigent, high priority, top priority; life and death …

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  • 30urgent — adjective Requiring immediate attention. An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance. Syn: pressing See Also: urge …

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