"urgent" meaning in English

See urgent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/ [General-Australian, UK], /ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/ [Canada, US] Audio: En-us-urgent.ogg [US] Forms: more urgent [comparative], most urgent [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Related to German würgen (“to strangle”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), Polish otwierać (“to open”)) and English worry, wring, wreak, wreck. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|urgent|t=pressing, impelling}} Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), {{der|en|la|urgēns}} Latin urgēns, {{m|la|urgeo|urgēre|t=to press}} urgēre (“to press”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*werǵʰ-|t=bind, squeeze}} Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”), {{cog|de|würgen|t=to strangle}} German würgen (“to strangle”), {{cog|lt|verzti|ver̃žti|to string, tighten, constrict}} Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), {{cog|ru|-}} Russian, {{m|ru|отверза́ть|lit=to untie|t=to open}} отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), {{cog|pl|otwierać|t=to open}} Polish otwierać (“to open”), {{cog|en|worry}} English worry, {{m|en|wring}} wring, {{m|en|wreak}} wreak, {{m|en|wreck}} wreck Head templates: {{en-adj}} urgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent)
  1. Requiring immediate attention. Synonyms: pressing, needly Translations (requiring immediate attention): مُسْتَعْجِل (mustaʕjil) (Arabic), շտապ (štap) (Armenian), təcili (Azerbaijani), тэрміно́вы (terminóvy) (Belarusian), пі́льны (pílʹny) (Belarusian), сро́чен (sróčen) (Bulgarian), спе́шен (spéšen) (Bulgarian), urgent (Catalan), 緊急 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧急 (jǐnjí) (Chinese Mandarin), 緊迫 (Chinese Mandarin), 紧迫 (jǐnpò) (Chinese Mandarin), 急迫 (jípò) (Chinese Mandarin), naléhavý [masculine] (Czech), urgentní (Czech), trængende (Danish), dringend (Dutch), urĝa (Esperanto), kiireellinen (Finnish), urgent (French), urxente (Galician), dringend (German), dringlich (German), eilig (German), επείγων (epeígon) (Greek), דחוף (dakhúf) (Hebrew), sürgős (Hungarian), urjanta (Ido), mendesak (Indonesian), urgente (Interlingua), práinneach (Irish), urgente (Italian), 緊急の (kinkyū no) (alt: きんきゅうの) (Japanese), 急を要する (kyū o yō-suru) (alt: きゅうをようする) (Japanese), 긴급한 (gin'geuphan) (Korean), instans (Latin), и́тен (íten) (Macedonian), сро́чен (sróčen) (Macedonian), прек (prek) (Macedonian), а́кутен (ákuten) (Macedonian), го́рлив (górliv) (Macedonian), nonoi (Maori), kōhukihuki (Maori), lezgîn (Northern Kurdish), drinjent (Plautdietsch), pilny [masculine] (Polish), urgente (Portuguese), сро́чный (sróčnyj) (Russian), э́кстренный (ékstrennyj) (Russian), неотло́жный (neotlóžnyj) (Russian), спе́шный (spéšnyj) (Russian), faochnach (Scottish Gaelic), hitan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), naliehavý (Slovak), urgente (Spanish), acuciante (Spanish), apremiante (Spanish), brådskande (Swedish), అత్యవసరం (atyavasaraṁ) (Telugu), ivedi (Turkish), acil (Turkish), şaşılınç (Turkish), терміно́вий (terminóvyj) (Ukrainian), спі́шний (spíšnyj) (Ukrainian), пи́льний (pýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian), нега́йний (nehájnyj) (Ukrainian), אײַליק (aylik) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-urgent-en-adj-NwSMvf4I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'requiring immediate attention': 99 1
  2. Of people: insistent, solicitous.
    Sense id: en-urgent-en-adj-eKEe9VPP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: importunate Derived forms: nonurgent, urgency, urgently Related terms: urge
Synonyms: acute, bad, clamant, crying, dire, exigent, imperious, instant [dated], rash [obsolete], severe, pressing, pressive [obsolete], urgent

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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "շտապ"
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "緊急"
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "naléhavý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgentní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "trængende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "dringend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urĝa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "kiireellinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urxente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "dringend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "dringlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "eilig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epeígon",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "επείγων"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "dakhúf",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "דחוף"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "sürgős"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urjanta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "mendesak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "práinneach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "きんきゅうの",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kinkyū no",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "緊急の"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "きゅうをようする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyū o yō-suru",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "急を要する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gin'geuphan",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "긴급한"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "lezgîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "instans"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "íten",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "и́тен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sróčen",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "сро́чен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "prek",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "прек"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ákuten",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "а́кутен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "górliv",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "го́рлив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "nonoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "kōhukihuki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "drinjent"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pilny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sróčnyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "сро́чный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ékstrennyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "э́кстренный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neotlóžnyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "неотло́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spéšnyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "спе́шный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "faochnach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hitan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "naliehavý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "urgente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "acuciante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "apremiante"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "brådskande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "atyavasaraṁ",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "అత్యవసరం"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "ivedi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "acil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "şaşılınç"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "terminóvyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "терміно́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spíšnyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "спі́шний"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "pýlʹnyj",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "nehájnyj",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "нега́йний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "aylik",
          "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
          "word": "אײַליק"
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          "insistent",
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      ]
    }
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/",
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        "US"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "topics": [
        "broadcasting",
        "media"
      ],
      "word": "evergreen"
    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
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    },
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      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proscribed terms",
    "English terms borrowed from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
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      "word": "nonurgent"
    },
    {
      "word": "urgency"
    },
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      "word": "urgently"
    }
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        "2": "frm",
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "urgēns"
      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "urgeo",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "würgen",
        "t": "to strangle"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "ver̃žti",
        "4": "to string, tighten, constrict"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "отверза́ть",
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        "t": "to open"
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      "expansion": "отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "worry"
      },
      "expansion": "English worry",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wring"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "wreak",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wreck"
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      "name": "m"
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      "form": "more urgent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "form": "most urgent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "word": "importunate"
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        {
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          "type": "example"
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      "glosses": [
        "Requiring immediate attention."
      ],
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        [
          "immediate",
          "immediate"
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          "attention",
          "attention"
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          "word": "pressing"
        },
        {
          "word": "needly"
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    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "insistent"
        ],
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          "solicitous"
        ]
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/",
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        "US"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "acute"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "bad"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "clamant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "crying"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "dire"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "exigent"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "imperious"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "instant"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "rash"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "severe"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "word": "pressing"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pressive"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:urgent",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mustaʕjil",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "مُسْتَعْجِل"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "štap",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "շտապ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "təcili"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "terminóvy",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "тэрміно́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "pílʹny",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "пі́льны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sróčen",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "сро́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spéšen",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "спе́шен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgent"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "緊急"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnjí",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "紧急"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "緊迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jǐnpò",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "紧迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jípò",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "急迫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "naléhavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgentní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "trængende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "dringend"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urĝa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "kiireellinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgent"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urxente"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "dringend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "dringlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "eilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epeígon",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "επείγων"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "dakhúf",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "דחוף"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "sürgős"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urjanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "mendesak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "práinneach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgente"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きんきゅうの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kinkyū no",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "緊急の"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きゅうをようする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyū o yō-suru",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "急を要する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gin'geuphan",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "긴급한"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "lezgîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "instans"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "íten",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "и́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sróčen",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "сро́чен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prek",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "прек"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ákuten",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "а́кутен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "górliv",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "го́рлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "nonoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "kōhukihuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "drinjent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sróčnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "сро́чный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ékstrennyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "э́кстренный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neotlóžnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "неотло́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spéšnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "спе́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "faochnach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "naliehavý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "urgente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "acuciante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "apremiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "brådskande"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "atyavasaraṁ",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "అత్యవసరం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "ivedi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "acil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "şaşılınç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "terminóvyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "терміно́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spíšnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "спі́шний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pýlʹnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "пи́льний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nehájnyj",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "нега́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aylik",
      "sense": "requiring immediate attention",
      "word": "אײַליק"
    }
  ],
  "word": "urgent"
}

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