urgent

urgent
ur|gent
S3 [ˈə:dʒənt US ˈə:r-] adj
[Date: 1400-1500; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of urgere; URGE1]
1.) very important and needing to be dealt with immediately
He was in urgent need of medical attention.
The report called for urgent action to reduce lead in petrol.
an urgent message
2.) formal done or said in a way that shows that you want something to be dealt with immediately
an urgent whisper
>urgency n [U]
a matter of great urgency
>urgently adv

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  • urgent — URGÉNT, Ă, urgenţi, te, adj. (Adesea adverbial) Care necesită o rezolvare imediată, care nu admite amânare; grabnic. ♦ spec. (Despre telegrame) Care este expediat cu precădere pentru a sosi mai repede. – Din fr. urgent, lat. urgens, ntis. Trimis… …   Dicționar Român

  • Urgent — Ur gent, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See {Urge}.] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. The urgent hour. Shak. [1913 Webster] Some urgent cause to ordain… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • urgent — mid 15c., from M.Fr. urgent pressing, impelling (14c.), from L. urgentem (nom. urgens), prp. of urgere to press hard, urge (see URGE (Cf. urge) (v.)). Related: Urgently …   Etymology dictionary

  • Urgént — (lat). dringend, unaufschieblich; Urgénz, Dringlichkeit, dringliche Mahnung …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Urgént — (lat.), dringend; Urgénz, Dringlichkeit …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • urgent — I adjective clamant, compelling, compulsory, critical, crucial, crying, demanding, earnest, essential, exigent, grave, gravis, impelling, imperative, important, importunate, indispensable, insistent, instant, necessarius, necessary, necessitous,… …   Law dictionary

  • urgent — urgent, ente (ur jan, jan t ) adj. Qui ne souffre point de retardement, pressant. HISTORIQUE    XVe s. •   Encores de present nous est force et necessité urgente pour la conduite de nostre armée de recouvrer grans sommes de deniers, Lettre de… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • urgent — *pressing, imperative, crying, importunate, insistent, exigent, instant Analogous words: impelling, driving (see MOVE): constraining, compelling, obliging (see FORCE vb) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • urgent — [adj] needing immediate attention burning*, called for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry up, immediate, impelling, imperative,… …   New thesaurus

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