urgency

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urgency

/ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/ Australia, UK
/ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ Canada, US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi

Where it comes from

From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.

noun urgencies · urgence

countable, uncountable The quality or condition of being urgent. the urgency of a demand
countable, uncountable Insistence, pressure, urge. I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
countable, uncountable A sudden and compelling need to urinate or defecate that is difficult to defer.

Similar: exigency, clamancy

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: urgent, exigency, urgently, emergency, insistence, hurry, quickly, hastiness, haste, swiftness, emergence, rapidity, diligence, speed, delay, emergent

noun

Similar: exigency, clamancy

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noun quality or condition of being urgent

Español	urgencia, premura, apremio, perentoriedad
中文	緊迫 /紧迫 jǐnpò
हिन्दी	तत्कालीन tatkālīn, तत्काल tatkāl
Português	urgência
Français	urgence
Deutsch	Dringlichkeit
Italiano	urgenza, urgenze
Ελληνικά	επείγον epeígon
Română	urgență
Русский	сро́чность sróčnostʹ

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@misc{urgency_2026,
  title = {urgency},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urgency},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}