exigent

ex·i·gent

 (ĕk′sə-jənt)

adj.

1. Requiring immediate action; pressing: an exigent need. See Synonyms at urgent.

2. Having or making urgent demands; demanding: "Some citizens ... seized the offending material and made a bonfire of it ... to the gratification of an exigent crowd" (Garry Wills).

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[Latin exigēns, exigent-, present participle of exigere, to demand; see exact.]

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ex′i·gent·ly adv.

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exigent

(ˈɛksɪdʒənt)

adj

1. urgent; pressing

2. exacting; demanding

[C15: from Latin exigere to drive out, weigh out, from agere to drive, compel]

ˈexigently adv

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ex•i•gent

(ˈɛk sɪ dʒənt)

adj.

1. requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing.

2. requiring a great deal, or more than is reasonable.

[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exigent-, s. of exigēns, present participle of exigere to drive out, demand; see exact]

ex′i•gent•ly, adv.

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exigent

- A good word to write on letters or packages, since everyone else writes "urgent" or "rush."

See also related terms for rush.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	exigent - demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" crying, insistent, clamant, instant imperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative"
	2.	exigent - requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation" exacting demanding - requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

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exigent

adjective

1. Compelling immediate attention:

burning, crying, dire, emergent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent.

2. Requiring great or extreme bodily, mental, or spiritual strength:

arduous, backbreaking, burdensome, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, hard, heavy, laborious, onerous, oppressive, rigorous, rough, severe, taxing, tough, trying, weighty.

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Translations

égetőigényeskövetelőkövetelődzősürgős

necessit...urgente

exigente

exigent

[ˈeksɪdʒənt] ADJ → exigente; (= urgent) → urgente

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exigent

adj (= urgent) → zwingend, dringend; (= exacting) master → streng, gestreng (old)

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