exigency
exigency
Definition
exi·gency (eks′ə jən sē; also eg zij′ən-, ig-)
noun pl. -·cies
- the condition or quality of being exigent; urgency
- a situation calling for immediate action or attention
- pressing needs; demands; requirements
Etymology: ML exigentia
exigency
Synonyms
exigency
n.
A crisis
emergency, contingency, distress; see crisis, difficulty 1, 2, emergency.Demand
need, want, urgency; see necessity 1, 2, 3, need 3, requirement 2. See syn. study at emergency, need.
exigency
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- situation: His political understanding and his grasp of military matters made him always fully aware of the exigencies of any situation.
- war: How to find a point on a trench map The trench maps used in the Great War resulted from the exigencies of war.
- life: The exigencies of daily court room life are such that reasons for judgment will always be capable of having been better expressed.
- service: The award of special leave will remain subject to the exigencies of the service.
- business: If the exigencies of business might be pled anywhere in behalf of a Sabbath delivery of letters, surely it is there.
- time: The exigencies of the times however determined that these were mostly still introductory and polemical works.
Converse of object
- meet: There is a twofold remedy required to meet the exigencies of a fallen soul.
- give: The Company explained, given the exigencies of the Company and its staff, that this meeting was arranged virtually ad hoc.
- require: It is furthermore debatable whether the measures of internment are strictly proportional to the exigencies required by the situation.
Adjective modifier
- last: Last count exigency intended to deter size of the.
- practical: And of course to make the fundamental observation that architecture is the result of human agency and practical exigency.
- military: Mr. MACPHERSON: There are a great many small things which affect leave apart from military exigencies.
- particular: The answer of the State to particular sectorial exigencies.
- present: Dedication to her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, pointing to earlier royal support and present exigencies, dated London, 10 Apr 1828.
- other: Contingency provision was made for reserve CDM requirements and other exigencies and 104 appointments were made.
Noun used with modifier
- count: Last count exigency intended to deter size of the.
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