English Dictionary
Definition of “urgent”
urgent (ˈɜːdʒənt
)
Definitions
adjective
- requiring or compelling speedy action or attention ⇒
the matter is urgent
an urgent message
- earnest and persistent
Alternative Forms
urgency (ˈɜːdʒənsɪ) noun ˈurgently adverb Word Origin
C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge
Synonyms
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crucial,
desperate,
pressing,
great,
important,
crying,
critical,
immediate,
acute,
grave,
instant,
compelling,
imperative,
top-priority now or never
exigent,
not to be delayed
Translations
- British English:
urgent
If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible....an urgent need for food and water.ˈɜːdʒənt ADJECTIVE ...an urgent need for food and water.
- Spanish:
urgente
adj
- French:
urgent
adj
- German:
dringend
adj
- Chinese: 紧急的 adj
- Arabic: عَاجِل adj
- Portuguese: urgente adj
- Russian: срочный adj срочная
- Croatian: hitan adj hitna
- Czech: naléhavý adj
- Danish: presserende adj
- Dutch: urgent adj
- Finnish: kiireellinen adj
- Greek: επείγων adj επείγουσα
- Italian: urgente adj
- Japanese: 緊急の no_posp
- Korean: 긴급한 adj
- Norwegian: presserende adj
- Polish: pilny adj pilna
- Brazilian Portuguese: urgente adj
- European Spanish:
urgente
adj
- Swedish: brådskande adj
- Thai: ที่จำเป็นเร่งด่วน adj
- Turkish: ivedi adj
- Vietnamese: khẩn cấp adj
Usage examples
I can see something nearer at hand and more urgent ; there is something moving over the plain!
J.R.R. Tolkien, THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2004)ITV have an urgent requirement for a family who love sailing to take part in their hit programme Holiday Showdown.
Yachting Boating World (2004)On the Exchequer finances, he said excessive increases in Government spending suggested "a loss of control that needed urgent correction".
Irish Times (2002)The present'first come, first served' ' system is to be scrapped in favour of prioritising more urgent calls.
Glasgow Herald (2002)Much had been done for the Irish, and more urgent matters were pressing.
Frank Welsh, THE FOUR NATIONS: A History of the United Kingdom (2002)
