Definitions for: 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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: importunity, urging

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

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