urgent

The definition of urgent is something pressing or important, or something that requires immediate attention.

(adjective)

A request that must be taken care of right away is an example of an urgent request.

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See urgent in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

  1. calling for haste, immediate action, etc.; grave; pressing
  2. insistent; importunate

Origin: LME < MFr < L urgens, prp. of urgere, to press hard, urge

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See urgent in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
  1. Compelling immediate action or attention; pressing.
  2. Insistent or importunate: the urgent words “Hurry! Hurry!”
  3. Conveying a sense of pressing importance: an urgent message.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin urgēns, urgent-

Origin: , present participle of urgēre, to urge

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Related Forms:

  • urˈgent·ly adverb

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