urgency

[UrĀ·gen*cy]

When something has urgency it requires speedy action. If your weather report is flashing red and predicting a hurricane with record rainfall, that forecast would give some urgency to getting that hole in your roof fixed.

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The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

Noun
pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"

Noun
insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

Noun
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"

Noun
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity


n.
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.


Urgency

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.

The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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Usage Examples

Some say that I should settle down, go slower and not push so hard, so quickly for such transformational change. To them, I say that you misunderstand the size of the problems we face, the strength of the status quo and the urgency of the people's desire for change.

I love children and I get along with them great. It's just that I believe if you're going to be a parent, there has to be something inside you that says, 'I want a family.' I don't feel that sense of urgency.

This change to a higher phase of alert is a signal to governments, to ministries of health and other ministries, to the pharmaceutical industry and the business community that certain actions now should be undertaken with increased urgency and at an accelerated pace.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I want to use my position of leadership to help move along at a faster pace what I believe and know the Obama administration wants to do around the urgency of climate change.

My music isn't anything but me. It has jazz in it, and rock'n'roll, and it has an urgency to it.

There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency.

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