"exigency" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛksɪd͡ʒənsi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛɡzəd͡ʒənsi/ [General-American], /ˈɛksəd͡ʒənsi/ [General-American], /ɛ(k).si.d͡ʒɤn.si/ [Singapore] Forms: exigencies [plural]
enPR: ĕkʹsĭjənsē [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From Middle French exigence, from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exigēns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{der|en|frm|exigence}} Middle French exigence, {{der|en|LL.|exigentia||urgency}} Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} exigency (countable and uncountable, plural exigencies)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) The demands or requirements of a situation. Tags: countable, in-plural, uncountable Translations (demands or requirements of a situation): Erfordernisse [feminine, plural] (German), Anforderungen [feminine, plural] (German), потреба (potreba) [feminine] (Ukrainian), вимога (vymoha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-exigency-en-noun-nEJCELJh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'demands or requirements of a situation': 85 15
  2. An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (urgent situation): Zwangslage [feminine] (German), Notlage [feminine] (German), срочность (sročnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), hitnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hitnoća [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), urgencija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-exigency-en-noun-H38IdnAE Disambiguation of 'urgent situation': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exigence, necessity, urgency Related terms: exigent, exigenter, exiguity, exiguous

Inflected forms

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