urgency
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈɜrdʒənsi/
:
insistencia
- There were no other cars, no reason for urgency, and I couldn't understand why she was doing this.
- sense of urgency
How do you balance other people's urgency, AKA your clients with thing with your with your actual urgencies?
- How do you balance other people's urgency, AKA your clients with thing with your with your actual urgencies?
Examples
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I don't think you appreciate the urgency.
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Yet this sense of urgency was not reflected by the policies made in Washington.
Academic text (1990) -
Why did you have this urgency to see your wedding video?
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A woman has more time and does not feel the same urgency to support herself.
Academic text (1994) -
The note had a clear urgency about it, and his standing with Uncle Joe could hardly be worse.
Fiction book (1993) -
Freddie, I have a matter of such urgency, a matter that only you can help me with.
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Spalatin, I'm sorry for keeping you so late, but this is a matter of some urgency.
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This well-meaning citizen obviously doesn't understand the urgency of the matter.
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"Troi's voice held a note of urgency, as if she were on the verge of solving the mystery."
Fiction book (1992) -
The urgency of the crisis required immediate action from the government.
Synonyms
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3.1
A strong feeling of stress from difficult demands
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3.1
A strong, urgent request someone makes, often as a right
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3.5
Asking or saying something firmly and not giving up
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3.9
A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act
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5.8
A strong need or pressure that requires quick attention
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7.6
A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness
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9.1
An urgent situation that needs action right away
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9.9
Repeated requests that annoy or pressure someone
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6.0
A loud, persistent demand by many people, often in protest
A firm, repeated demand for an answer or action
A strong repeated request that does not stop
Repeatedly asking for something in a way that annoys people
A strong, urgent request for help
An urgent need that requires action right now
How Insistent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word urgency comes from the old Latin verb urgere, 'to press' or 'to push', and is the same root as English urge. So an urgency can mean a strong, repeated push or demand that makes people respond quickly.