Urgency definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Urgency definition: the quality or state of beingurgent; need for action, haste , etc.; stress or pressure,... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'urgency'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× urgencyinAmericanEnglish (ˈɜrdʒənsi ) nounWordforms:pluralˈurgencies1.  thequalityorstateofbeingurgent;needforaction,haste,etc.;stressorpressure,asofnecessity 2.  insistence;importunity 3.  somethingurgent Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. 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EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency urgencyinAmericanEnglish (ˈɜːrdʒənsi) nounWordforms:plural-cies1. urgentcharacter;imperativeness;insistence;importunateness 2. Seeurgencies Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1530–40;‹LLurgentiapressure;seeurgent,-ency] Examplesof'urgency'inasentence urgency Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Itookthefrontstepstwoatatime,recallingtheurgencyinAlbertDopplinger'svoice.Tapply,WilliamGTHEDUTCHBLUEERROR(1993)Therecoveryofhisgoldpencouldonlyhaveseemedthaturgentinthelightofagreaterurgency.Hinxman,MargaretTHESOUNDOFMURDER(1993)Theirurgencywasinfectious,hispuzzlementpromptedlikethestingofmemory.Thomas,CraigTHELASTRAVEN(1993) Synonymsof'urgency' importance,need,necessity,gravity MoreSynonymsofurgency COBUILDCollocations urgency  degreeofurgency extremeurgency lackofurgency utmosturgency Trendsof urgency Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages urgency BritishEnglish:urgency /ˈɜːdʒənsɪ/NOUNUrgencyisthequalityofbeingurgentorpressing.Itisamatterofutmosturgency.AmericanEnglish:urgency /ˈɜrdʒənsi/Arabic:أَمْرٌعَاجِل BrazilianPortuguese:urgência Chinese:紧急情况 Croatian:hitnost Czech:naléhavost Danish:uopsættelighed Dutch:spoed EuropeanSpanish:urgencia Finnish:kiireellisyys French:urgence German:Dringlichkeit Greek:επιτακτικότητα Italian:urgenza Japanese:緊急 Korean:긴급 Norwegian:hastverk Polish:pilnapotrzeba EuropeanPortuguese:urgência Romanian:urgențăRussian:срочность LatinAmericanSpanish:urgencia Swedish:brådska Thai:เรื่องฉุกเฉินTurkish:ivedilik Ukrainian:невідкладнасправаVietnamese:sựkhẩncấp Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically urgency urgethereader urgence urgencies urgency urgent urgentaction urgentappeal AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'U' Relatedtermsof urgency addedurgency extremeurgency utmosturgency degreeofurgency lackofurgency Viewmorerelatedwords Source DefinitionofurgencyfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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