"urgency" meaning in English

See urgency in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ [Canada, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-urgency.wav Forms: urgencies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi Etymology: From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|urgent|ency}} urgent + -ency, {{bor|en|la|urgentia}} Latin urgentia Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
  1. The quality or condition of being urgent. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality or condition of being urgent): спешност (spešnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), urgència [feminine] (Catalan), 緊迫 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧迫 (jǐnpò) (Chinese Mandarin), naléhavost [feminine] (Czech), urĝeco (Esperanto), kiireellisyys (Finnish), urgence [feminine] (French), urxencia [feminine] (Galician), Dringlichkeit [feminine] (German), επείγον (epeígon) [neuter] (Greek), तत्कालीन (tatkālīn) (Hindi), तत्काल (tatkāl) (Hindi), urjanteso (Ido), urjo (Ido), kêgêntingan (Indonesian), urgenza [feminine] (Italian), urgenze [feminine, plural] (Italian), urjensia [feminine] (Ladino), exigentia [feminine] (Latin), и́тност (ítnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), اورژانس (Persian), urgência (Portuguese), urgență [feminine] (Romanian), сро́чность (sróčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), urgencia [feminine] (Spanish), premura (Spanish), apremio [masculine] (Spanish), perentoriedad [feminine] (Spanish), తొందర (tondara) (Telugu), aciliyet (Turkish), ivedilik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-urgency-en-noun-hSiByysD Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of 'quality or condition of being urgent': 95 2 3
  2. Insistence, pressure, urge. Tags: countable, uncountable
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  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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-urgency-en-noun-urbHgfzj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ency, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Ladino translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 7 71 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ency: 33 11 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 10 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 10 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 6 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 31 12 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 22 15 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 29 13 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 19 17 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 9 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 29 12 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 18 9 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 29 13 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Ladino translations: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 21 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 13 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 29 14 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 10 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 26 15 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 26 13 60 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exigency, clamancy, urgence [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      ]
    }
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.",
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        }
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        "The quality or condition of being urgent."
      ],
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          "urgent"
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Insistence, pressure, urge."
      ],
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        [
          "Insistence",
          "insistence"
        ],
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          "pressure",
          "pressure"
        ],
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          "urge",
          "urge"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Medicine"
      ],
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        "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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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
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          "sudden",
          "sudden"
        ],
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          "compelling",
          "compelling"
        ],
        [
          "urinate",
          "urinate"
        ],
        [
          "defer",
          "defer"
        ],
        [
          "urinary tract infection",
          "urinary tract infection"
        ],
        [
          "overactive bladder",
          "overactive bladder"
        ]
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        "(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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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "exigency"
    },
    {
      "word": "clamancy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "urgence"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spešnost",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спешност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urgència"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "緊迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnpò",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "紧迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "naléhavost"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "urĝeco"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "kiireellisyys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urgence"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urxencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dringlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epeígon",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "επείγον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tatkālīn",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "तत्कालीन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tatkāl",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "तत्काल"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "urjanteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "urjo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "kêgêntingan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urgenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "urgenze"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urjensia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exigentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ítnost",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́тност"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "اورژانس"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "urgência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urgență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sróčnostʹ",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сро́чность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urgencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "premura"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "apremio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perentoriedad"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "tondara",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "తొందర"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "aciliyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "quality or condition of being urgent",
      "word": "ivedilik"
    }
  ],
  "word": "urgency"
}

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