exigent
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- adjective
- /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/
- Formal
:
exigente
- The Fourth Amendment was not violated in that the report presented "exigent circumstances" that made the search legally valid.
- exigent circumstances
He talked about seeing crypto currencies as risky, but he did not see them as like an exigent financial risk.
- He talked about seeing crypto currencies as risky, but he did not see them as like an exigent financial risk.
- I, I think in this case, it was questionable as to whether or not we had an exigent circumstance.
Examples
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President: Fellow Americans, the problems you face today are exigent.
Fiction book (2000) -
We've got exigent circumstances here.
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But clearly it's limited to battle, and under exigent circumstances.
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Do you know what exigent circumstances means?
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We're dealing with exigent circumstances.
Fiction book (2000) -
But he was incapable of hiding his nature: dedicated, determined, exigent, and responsible.
Academic text (2002) -
President: The truth is, this country's problems are too exigent to be taking advice from anyone but my most trusted advisers.
Fiction book (2000) -
I, I think in this case, it was questionable as to whether or not we had an exigent circumstance.
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Lorna: Sheriff Cooley, if there's nothing I learned from Dale's past scrapes with the law, it's that you need yourself some kind of exigent circumstance to come into my premises without a warrant.
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The fire department responded quickly because it was an exigent situation requiring immediate action.
Synonyms
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Very important and needing action right away
Being loud and urgent and demanding immediate action
Something very bad or unfair that needs urgent attention
Antonyms
How Urgent
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exigent comes from the Latin exigere, made of ex- 'out' and agere 'to drive', and originally meant 'to demand'. Think of it like exact, which comes from the same root about 'driving' or 'forcing', so exigent describes something that 'forces' you to act now, meaning urgent and demanding immediate attention.