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urging

urging

23 3.9
A strong request or feeling that pushes someone to act
  • noun
  • /ˈɜrdʒɪŋ/
translation icon : insistencia
  • After the teacher's strong urging, the students decided to submit their essays early.

But here's a challenge to your urge to caution.

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Examples

  • After two days, at the urging of his friends and employees, we called the police.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • At Mrs. Clasky's urging, I had invited two of my friends to her house, though I was expected at home.

  • Mama had, with my urging, asked for her payment on her last visit.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • The program's director, at my urging, agreed to read the course description and accompanying letter.

    Academic text (1991)
  • On the adjacent screen, we see the young boy coming forward at the urging of his nurse.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • At Taylor's urging, the two of them had joined at the same time.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • At the urging of my genie, I have decided to seek my fortune.

  • I came here at Detective Russo's urging, but before I tell you anything about myself, I want some information.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The security talks between Tehran and Washington, launched at the urging of the Iraqi government in 2005, are thus very important.

    Academic text (2009)
  • At Verna's urging, I stopped smoking those, but she likes the smell of cigars.

    Fiction book (1997)

Synonyms

spur
vsurging
15 4.1

A short comment that encourages someone to do something

is strong encouragement not limited to a short spoken remark
exhortation
vsurging
  • Formal
10 8.4

Strong words that urge someone to do something

is strong encouragement but without the formal or solemn tone
prodding
vsurging
10 4.1

Encouragement from someone who keeps asking you to do something

is strong encouragement but not necessarily repeated or persistent
entreaty
vsurging
7 7.6

A serious, urgent request for help or forgiveness

is strong encouragement not a pleading emotional request
prod
vsurging
3 4.4

A small push or reminder that makes someone start doing something

is general strong encouragement not only when reluctance is present
goading
vsurging
1 7.0

An act of trying to make someone do something by teasing or urging them again and again

is strong encouragement without the insulting or provocative intent
prompting
vsurging
1 3.8

Encouraging someone to do something by suggesting it

is stronger pressing encouragement rather than mild suggestion
goad
vsurging
1 7.4

Something that urges someone to act, often by provoking or challenging them

is the active pressing or feeling rather than the object that causes it
adjuration
vsurging
  • Formal
9.9

A serious, strong request for someone to do something

is strong encouragement without the solemn, almost religious tone
spurring
vsurging
4.6

Words from a coach or friend that encourage someone to try something

is broader strong encouragement beyond only spoken motivation

Antonyms

1 7.7

The act of trying to stop someone from doing something

How Insistent

demand
419 3.1
urging
23 3.9
prompting
1 3.8
encouragement
89 1.7
suggestion
759 1.4

Surface Forms

urging singular
urgings plural

Morphology

urging = urge (transparent) = urge + ing

A straightforward gerund/noun formation from the verb 'urge' indicating the action or feeling of urging.

Etymology

Urging comes from urge, which comes from the old Latin word urgere meaning 'to press' or 'push', and you can see the same root in urgent. So an urging is like a push — someone pressing you to do something or a strong feeling that pushes you to act.