exigent
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exigent
- /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/ UK, US
- /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant.
adjective more exigent · most exigent · exigeant
- Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action. 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority.
- Demanding; requiring great effort.
noun exigents · exigeant
- Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency. Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent.
- The amount that is required. [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […]
- A writ in proceedings before outlawry. They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents
Translations
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adj urgent; needing immediate action
| Español | urgente |
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| 中文 | 緊急 /紧急 jǐnjí, 迫切 pòqiè |
| Português | exigente |
| Français | urgent, pressant |
| Deutsch | dringend, dringlich, ernst |
| Русский | неотло́жный neotlóžnyj, сро́чный sróčnyj |
adj demanding; needing great effort
| Español | exigente |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 苛求 kēqiú |
| Português | exigente |
| Français | exigeant |
| Deutsch | anspruchsvoll |
| Italiano | esigente |
noun extremity
| Русский | кра́йность krájnostʹ |
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