About The Word Urgency
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Urgency
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What's The Definition Of Urgency?
[n] pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
[n] insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" [n] an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs" [n] the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity Synonyms | Synonyms for Urgency: importunity | urging Related Terms | Find terms related to Urgency: See Also | criticality | criticalness | cruciality | edge | haste | hurry | imperativeness | imperativeness | importance | insistence | insistence | insistency | insistency | instancy | necessity | press | pressure | sharpness | situation | solicitation | state of affairs Urgency In Webster's Dictionary \Ur"gen*cy\, n. [Cf. F. urgence.]
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence;
pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
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