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urgency definition

ur·gency (ʉr′jən sē)

noun pl. urgencies -·cies

  1. the quality or state of beingurgent; need for action, haste, etc.; stress or pressure, as of necessity
  2. insistence; importunity
  3. something urgent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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