URGENT


Meaning of URGENT in English

■ adjective

1》 requiring immediate action or attention.

2》 earnest and insistent.

Derivatives

urgency noun

~ly adverb

Origin

C15: from OFr., from L. ~- 'pressing, driving', from urgere (see urge ).

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