URGENT


Meaning of URGENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈər-jənt ]

adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre

Date: 15th century

1.

a. : calling for immediate attention : pressing

urgent appeals

an urgent need

b. : conveying a sense of urgency

2. : urging insistently : importunate

• ur·gent·ly adverb

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