urgent

ur·gent  (ûrjnt)

adj.

1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.

2. Insistent or importunate: the urgent words "Hurry! Hurry!"

3. Conveying a sense of pressing importance: an urgent message.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin urgns, urgent-, present participle of urgre, to urge.]

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urgent·ly adv.

Synonyms: urgent, exigent, pressing, imperative
These adjectives mean compelling immediate attention. Urgent often implies that a matter takes precedence over others: "My business is too urgent to waste time on apologies" (John Buchan).
Exigent and pressing suggest an urgency that requires prompt action: "When once disease was introduced into the rural districts, its effects appeared more horrible, more exigent, and more difficult to cure, than in towns" (Mary Shelley). "The danger now became too pressing to admit of longer delay" (James Fenimore Cooper).
Imperative implies a need or demand whose fulfillment cannot be evaded or deferred: The necessity for preventing war has become imperative.

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urgent [ˈɜːdʒənt]

adj

1. requiring or compelling speedy action or attention the matter is urgent an urgent message

2. earnest and persistent

[via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge]

urgency  [ˈɜːdʒənsɪ] n

urgently  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

urgent - compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" pressing imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"

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urgent

adjective

1. crucial, desperate, pressing, great, important, crying, critical, immediate, acute, grave, instant, compelling, imperative, top-priority, now or never, exigent, not to be delayed There is an urgent need for food and water.
crucial minor, trivial, unimportant, low-priority

2. insistent, earnest, determined, intense, persistent, persuasive, resolute, clamorous, importunate His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones.
insistent casual, apathetic, lackadaisical, weak, feeble, perfunctory, half-hearted

Translations

urgent [ˈɜːdʒənt] ADJ

1. (= imperative) [matter, business, case, message] → urgente
he needs urgent medical treatment → necesita tratamiento médico urgente or urgentemente
is this urgent? → ¿es urgente?, ¿corre prisa esto?
it is urgent that I see him → tengo que verlo urgentemente
there is an urgent need for water → se necesita urgentemente agua, hay una necesidad apremiante de agua
to be in urgent need of sth → necesitar algo urgentemente

2. (= earnest, persistent) [tone] → de urgencia, insistente; [voice] → insistente; [plea, appeal] → urgente

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urgent [ˈɜː^rdʒ^ənt] adj

(= pressing) [problem, matter, business, need] → urgent(e)
Is it urgent? → C'est urgent?

(= imploring) [plea, tone] → pressant(e)

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urgent

adj

→ dringend; is it urgent? (= important) → ist es dringend?; (= needing speed) → eilt es?; to be in urgent need of medical attention → dringend ärztliche Hilfe benötigen; urgent letter → Eilbrief m; the letter was marked “urgent” → der Brief trug einen Dringlichkeitsvermerk

(= insistent) tone, plea → dringend, dringlich; (= hurrying) steps → eilig; he was very urgent about the need for swift action → er betonte nachdrücklich, wie notwendig schnelles Handeln sei

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urgent [ˈɜːdʒ/ənt] adj

a. (message, need) → urgente

b. (earnest, persistent, plea) → pressante; (tone) → insistente, incalzante

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urgent [ˈɜːdʒ/ənt] adj

a. (message, need) → urgente

b. (earnest, persistent, plea) → pressante; (tone) → insistente, incalzante

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urgent

adj urgent [ˈəːdʒənt]

needing immediate attention There is an urgent message for the doctor. dringend مُلِح، ماسٌ спешен naléhavý presserende dringend επείγων, πιεστικός urgente kiire(loomuline) اضطراری kiireellinen urgent דָחוּף अत्यावश्यक hitan sürgős áríðandi urgente 緊急の 시급한 skubus steidzīgs; neatliekams penting dringend tvingende, presserende, nød-, haste- pilny urgente urgent срочный naliehavý nujen hitan brådskande, angelägen ที่จำเป็นเร่งด่วน acil 緊急的 терміновий, негайний فوري، توجہ طلب khẩn cấp, đòi hỏi sự chú ý 紧急的

adv urgently

dringend بصورَةٍ مُلِحَّه спешно naléhavě presserende dringend επειγόντως urgentemente kiiresti با فوریت kiireesti d'urgence בִּדחִיפוּת जल्दी hitno sürgősen eins og skot, strax urgentemente 緊急に skubiai, nedelsiant steidzīgi; neatliekami penting dringend påtrengende, inntrengende pilnie urgentemente de urgenţă срочно naliehavo nujno hitno angeläget, ivrigt โดยด่วน acilen 緊急地 терміново, негайно فوراً، تاکيد سے khẩn cấp, đòi hỏi sự chú ý 紧急地

n urgency

need for immediate action, speed etc This is a matter of great urgency. dringendheid إلْحاح، حالَةٍ مُلِحَّه спешност naléhavost nødstilfælde; meget presserende die Dringlichkeit κατεπείγουσα ανάγκη urgencia pakilisus فوریت kiireellisyys urgence דְחִיפות आवश्यक hitnost sürgősség brÿn þörf/nauðsyn urgenza 緊急性 촉박함, 절박, 위급 skubumas steiga; steidzamība; neatliekamība memerlukan tindakan segera urgentie nødstilfelle, tvingende nødvendighet pilność urgência urgenţă срочность naliehavosť nujnost hitnost vikt, angelägenhet, brådskande natur การเร่งรีบ aciliyet, ivedilik 緊急 настійність, невідкладність تعميل طلبي، ضرورت sự khẩn cấp 紧急

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urgent → مُلِحْ naléhavý presserende dringend επείγων urgente kiireellinen urgent hitan urgente 緊急の 긴급한 urgent presserende pilny urgente срочный brådskande ที่จำเป็นเร่งด่วน ivedi khẩn cấp 紧急的