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urgent
ur·gent U0148000 (ûr′jənt)adj.1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.2. Conveying a sense of pressing importance: an urgent message.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin urgēns, urgent-, present participle of urgēre, to urge.]
ur′gent·ly adv.Synonyms: urgent, exigent, pressing, imperative
These adjectives mean compelling immediate attention. Urgent often implies that a matter takes precedence over others: "For I ride on an errand most urgent, and with the first light of morning we must go" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
Exigent and pressing suggest an urgency that requires prompt action: "When once disease was introduced into the rural districts, its effects appeared more horrible, more exigent, and more difficult to cure, than in towns" (Mary Shelley). "The danger now became too pressing to admit of longer delay" (James Fenimore Cooper).
Imperative implies a need or demand whose fulfillment cannot be deferred: "The stricken countries of Europe needed everything and could afford to buy nothing. Financial help was imperative" (David McCullough).urgent (ˈɜːdʒənt) adj1. requiring or compelling speedy action or attention: the matter is urgent; an urgent message. 2. earnest and persistent[C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge] urgency n ˈurgently advur•gent (ˈɜr dʒənt)
adj. 1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing. 2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate. 3. expressed with insistence. [1490–1500; < Latin urgent-, s. of urgēns, present participle of urgēre to urge] ur′gent•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  urgent - compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair"pressingimperative - requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative" |
urgentadjective1. crucial, desperate, pressing, great, important, crying, critical, immediate, acute, grave, instant, compelling, imperative, top-priority, now or never, exigent, not to be delayed There is an urgent need for food and water.
crucial minor, trivial, unimportant, low-priority2. insistent, earnest, determined, intense, persistent, persuasive, resolute, clamorous, importunate His mother leaned forward and spoke to him in urgent undertones.
insistent casual, apathetic, lackadaisical, weak, feeble, perfunctory, half-heartedurgentadjective1. Compelling immediate attention:burning, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing.2. Firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a stand:importunate, importune, insistent, persistent.Translationsurgent (ˈəːdʒənt) adjective needing immediate attention. There is an urgent message for the doctor. 緊急的 紧急的ˈurgently adverb 緊急地 紧急地ˈurgency noun need for immediate action, speed etc. This is a matter of great urgency. 緊急 紧急- I need to make an emergency telephone call (US)
I need to make an urgent telephone call (UK) → 我要打一个紧急电话
EncyclopediaSeeurgencyurgent
urgent (ŭr′jĕnt) [L. urgere, to push forward, drive] Requiring a rapid response or intervention; pressing. URGENT
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Synonyms for urgentadj crucialSynonyms- crucial
- desperate
- pressing
- great
- important
- crying
- critical
- immediate
- acute
- grave
- instant
- compelling
- imperative
- top-priority
- now or never
- exigent
- not to be delayed
Antonyms- minor
- trivial
- unimportant
- low-priority
adj insistentSynonyms- insistent
- earnest
- determined
- intense
- persistent
- persuasive
- resolute
- clamorous
- importunate
Antonyms- casual
- apathetic
- lackadaisical
- weak
- feeble
- perfunctory
- half-hearted
Synonyms for urgentadj compelling immediate attentionSynonyms- burning
- crying
- dire
- emergent
- exigent
- imperative
- instant
- pressing
adj firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a standSynonyms- importunate
- importune
- insistent
- persistent
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