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- pronunciation:
- uhr
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
requiring immediate action or attention; pressing.
There was an urgent need for medical supplies.I wouldn't have bothered you if the situation had not been urgent.- synonyms:
- exigent, instant, pressing
- antonyms:
- nonurgent
- similar words:
- acute, crash, critical, crying, grave, imperative, necessitous, overriding, serious
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| definition 2: |
earnestly or stubbornly insistent in requesting.
Their urgent pleas fell on deaf ears.- synonyms:
- insistent
- similar words:
- earnest, emphatic, fervent, immediate, importunate, vociferous
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| definition 3: |
expressing a need for immediate action.
He was in trouble and sent an urgent telegram to his family.- similar words:
- grave, serious
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| related words: |
desperate, dire |
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| derivation: |
urgently (adv.) |
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