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Meaning of urgency | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si

Definitions

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent
  2. The quality or condition of being urgent.
    countable, uncountable
  3. Insistence, pressure, urge.
    countable, uncountable
  4. Insistence, pressure, urge
  5. A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
    countable, uncountable
  6. A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder

Equivalents

العربية إلحاح الإضطرار
Català urgència
Čeština naléhavost
Ελληνικά επείγον
Esperanto urĝeco
فارسی اورژانس
Français urgence
Galego urxencia
Bahasa Indonesia kegentingan keterdesakan tekanan
Italiano urgenza urgenze
한국어 급박
Latina exigentia
Македонски итност
Português urgência
Română urgență
Русский срочность
తెలుగు తొందర

Examples

“the urgency of a demand”
“Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.”
“I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.”

CEFR level

C2
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