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adjective
- 1. requiring immediate action or attention: "an urgent demand for more state funding" Similar Opposite
- 2. (of an action or event) done or arranged in response to an urgent situation: "she needs urgent treatment" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of URGENT is calling for immediate attention : pressing. How to use urgent in a sentence.
URGENT definition: 1. very important and needing attention immediately: 2. (especially of a person's actions…. Learn more.
Urgent definition: compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; dire; pressing. See examples of URGENT used in a sentence.
URGENT meaning: 1. very important and needing attention immediately: 2. (especially of a person's actions…. Learn more.
Definition of urgent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If something is urgent it requires immediate attention or action. If you break your leg, you'll need urgent attention at the hospital — that means the doctors will tend to you without delay. Urgent comes from the Latin word urgentem, meaning "to press hard, urge."
1. adjective. If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. There is an urgent need for food and water. He had urgent business in New York. Synonyms: crucial [informal], desperate, pressing, great More Synonyms of urgent. urgency uncountable noun.
1. requiring or compelling speedy action or attention: the matter is urgent; an urgent message. 2. earnest and persistent. [C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge] urgency n. ˈurgently adv.
urgent meaning: very important and needing you to take action immediately: . Learn more.
Definitions of 'urgent' 1. If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. [...] 2. If you speak in an urgent way, you show that you are anxious for people to notice something or to do something. [...] More. Synonyms of 'urgent' • crucial (informal), desperate, pressing, great [...]
