urgency
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from urgent + -cy.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənsi
Noun[edit]
urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
- The quality or condition of being urgent.
- the urgency of a demand
- 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.
- Insistence, pressure, urge.
- I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
- (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
quality or condition of being urgent
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References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “urgency”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.