urgency

English

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Etymology

From urgent +‎ -ency[1][2] or Latin urgentia.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi

Noun

urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)

  1. The quality or condition of being urgent.
    the urgency of a demand
    • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.
  2. Insistence, pressure, urge.
    I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
  3. (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “urgency, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “urgency (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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