urgency
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From urgent + -ency[1][2] or Latin urgentia.[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)dʒənsi
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]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “urgency, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “urgency (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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