transcription, транскрипция: [ ɜ:(r)dʒ ]
( urges, urging, urged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...
VERB : V n to-inf
2.
If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.
He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window...
‘Come on, Grace,’ he was urging her, ‘don’t wait, hurry up.’
VERB : V n prep / adv , V n
3.
If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.
He urged restraint on the security forces...
We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately.
VERB : V n on n , V n
4.
If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.
He had an urge to open a shop of his own...
N-COUNT : oft N to-inf