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[ur-juhn-see]

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noun, plural -cies.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.

Origin:
1530–40; < Late Latin urgentia pressure; see urgent, -ency

Related forms

su·per·ur·gen·cy, noun

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Follow the therapy recommended by your doctor to treat the underlying cause of your urinary frequency or urgency.

But the continuing economic crisis has led to a new urgency on the part of some public colleges to shed more of.

Should she seriously be interested in a presidential bid, it is hard to see the cause for urgency.

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Follow the therapy recommended by your doctor to treat the underlying cause of your urinary frequency or urgency.

But the continuing economic crisis has led to a new urgency on the part of some public colleges to shed more of.

Should she seriously be interested in a presidential bid, it is hard to see the cause for urgency.

There's not much time to marvel at it all because of the urgency of our work.

The accelerating pace of climate warming in the earth's polar regions is spurring a new sense of scientific urgency.

The bulky microphone soon took on a symbolic role, signifying the urgency and excitement of radio itself.

Somewhere down the hall, a woman is moaning with increasing urgency.

The discovery of a large undersea natural gas field in the region has given new urgency to a long-unsettled issue.

Avoiding news also somehow seems to take the urgency out of life.

But after the storm these efforts had a new urgency.

Bushfires two years ago elevated the urgency of the task for park managers:.

There is an urgency that cannot, must not, be ignored.

Their calls were routed to one of the city editors, who, depending on the urgency or piquancy of the story.

City lights streak by hundreds of miles below, lending a sense of motion and urgency to the otherwise still scene.

Regulators have not shown much urgency in rewriting the rules governing an increasingly fragmented trading system.

Naftali chose, resulting from an urgency he feels to return to his primary interest: scholarship.

The urgency of dealing with climate change means that many countries are drawing up national policies to limit emissions.

But it does want to inject a sense of urgency into discussions of climate change to encourage research.

The priority is getting people to feel the emotional urgency in turning around the abomidable things done to the planet.

The newfound frogs give even more urgency to those researchers already feverishly working to save species from extinction.

As a result, he said, system administrators didn't understand the urgency of the situation.

For the same reason we're not doing so today: distractions and a lack of urgency.

The young and college-bound have a sense of urgency all right, but fearing the waste of time, they rarely look up at the sky.

Such deference to public opinion would be cause for celebration were it not for the urgency of the issue: health-care reform.

Meanwhile at the agencies, the urgency to spend could take precedence over monitoring.

It's an age-old question that's taken on new urgency as planes have gotten fuller and the flying experience more miserable.

The three-year drive to confer landmark status on the meatpacking district is taking on a new urgency.

If there is an urgency that precludes reconvening the faculty screening committee, let him make that case.

New factors-in particular the craze for biofuels-have added to the urgency of the water issue.

Moreover, there is some urgency to the proposed work, as climate change continues to degrade coral reef.

The urgency carried the caveat something had to be implemented soon.

Cap-and-trade politics suddenly take on a new urgency.

His release is a matter of extreme urgency and the governments of the free world have a clear duty in this matter.

Moreover, by working with the military, our intellectual endeavors can have a new sense of urgency and purpose.

But the cheaper long-haul alternatives inject more urgency into the big carriers' efforts to cut costs.

There's an urgency to find quality food and water that forces many large mammals to migrate.

Has again indicated urgency in action is imperative.

His list was delivered with an almost manic urgency.

Debt relief for the world's poorest nations is an idea with moral urgency and strong bipartisan support.

So, maybe many of us can't really relate to this sense of urgency you express.

As with global warming, governments will take action only when the urgency of the situation has become fully apparent.

We need to convey a sense of urgency because the world is changing.

Most of the dander written about are completely unsupported and are written about to create a fear and urgency for action.

Calling a bomb can happen in as little as a few minutes, depending on location of the plane and the urgency of the request.

Most everything she touches takes on the emotional urgency of gospel.

The urgency of this policy is underscored by the percentages in another realm, not the campus but the prison.

Others are newcomers to the literary scene, and they write with the desperate urgency of people who have little to lose.

The finding adds urgency to conservation efforts for the endangered animal.

Meanwhile, at the agencies, the urgency to spend could take precedence over monitoring.

There is a charm to this, a simple business call becomes an elaborate ceremony of urgency and courtesy.

But the visually tepid installation lacks any urgency.

In response to each of the answers he's been given, he repeats his question with more forceful, gravelly urgency.

And because broad agreements on public-spending cuts lack detail, they also lack urgency.

There's a sense of urgency that sometimes seems to get drowned out by the day-to-day activities.

Apparently, these descriptors lack the requisite urgency to overcome social inertia and political obfuscation.

Clinicians must understand the sense of urgency about the appropriate use of antibiotics.

Seek out those little, maybe overlooked gems that speak to you with the quiet urgency peculiar to this intimate medium.

She said that she did not want to start therapy before traveling, and insisted that there was no urgency.

And demographic momentum should inspire urgency not complacency.

The urgency of stopping this disaster is in the complacent hands of the consumer.

First, it doesn't sufficiently emphasize urgency of getting this type of technology in service.

It would be difficult to overstate the urgency of the crisis.

His sense of urgency is still evident, and admirable, but it is not enough.

Campos and recognize the urgency with which you challenge the offensive stereotypes.

Greece's fiscal mess may have knocked a greater sense of urgency into his administration.

There are no words to describe the past-due urgency for a cure for this predatory disorder.

We buzzed through the next four books with the urgency of addicts.

Recent findings from several national surveys of undergraduates give that redistribution some urgency.

There was no mistaking the urgency of official action.

Such a decision reinforces the urgency of the situation.

Cholera, of course, has only added to the urgency of her message.

The plight of the parts-makers demonstrates both the urgency and the complexity of the situation.

There is a stronger sense of urgency to deal with them, but less time to do so.

But this does not change the urgency of the problem.

The incoming administration sees the interlinked urgency of the economic and climate crises.

What you have said is every bit true but with an urgency that is not widely appreciated.

John's posts have the confidence and urgency of one who speaks for many who must keep silent:.

But aid also increases dependency and can deflect recipient governments from the urgency of the task.

The companies can publicize the issue with some urgency.

Far more difficult would be the challenge of getting legislative bodies to focus on the immediate urgency of their doing.

Yet, the urgency to treat any detected cancer-whether aggressive or not-can be immense.

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World English Dictionary

urgent (ˈɜːdʒənt)

—*adj*
1.	requiring or compelling speedy action or attention: the matter is urgent; an urgent message
2.	earnest and persistent

[C15: via French from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre to urge]

urgency

—n

'urgently

—*adv*

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Medical Dictionary

urgency ur·gen·cy (ûr'jən-sē)
n.
A strong desire to urinate, accompanied by a fear of leakage.

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