Meaning of urgency | Babel Free

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

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.”

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