urgency
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/(UK)
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/ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/(UK) · /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/(US)
Definition of urgency
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being urgent.
“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.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being urgent.
“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.”
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(countable, uncountable)Insistence, pressure, urge.
“I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.”
- (countable, uncountable)A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.
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