urgent

  • 11urgent — [adj] needing immediate attention burning*, called for, capital, chief, clamant, clamorous, compelling, critical, crucial, crying*, demanded, demanding, driving, essential, exigent, foremost, heavy*, hurry up, immediate, impelling, imperative,… …

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  • 12urgent — Urgent, Vrgens. Affaires urgens …

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  • 13urgent — URGENT, [urgen]te. adj. Pressant, qui ne souffre point du retardement. Il l a assisté dans son urgente necessité. Ne se dit guere que dans ces phrases. Affaires urgentes. les urgentes necessitez de l Estat …

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  • 14urgent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) requiring immediate action or attention. 2) earnest and insistent. DERIVATIVES urgency noun urgently adverb …

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  • 15urgent — [ʉr′jənt] adj. [LME < MFr < L urgens, prp. of urgere, to press hard, urge] 1. calling for haste, immediate action, etc.; grave; pressing 2. insistent; importunate urgently adv …

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  • 16urgent — ur|gent [ ɜrdʒənt ] adjective ** 1. ) urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately: He had some urgent business to attend to. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent. in urgent need of something: Refugees there are in… …

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  • 17urgent */*/ — UK [ˈɜː(r)dʒ(ə)nt] / US [ˈɜrdʒənt] adjective 1) a) urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately He had some urgent business to attend to. The problem is becoming increasingly urgent. in urgent need of something: The refugees… …

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  • 18urgent — 01. It is [urgent] that I speak to Dr. Chen immediately. 02. Dr. Morgenstein, you are [urgently] needed in Ward 6. 03. There is an [urgent] need for food and medical supplies in the area hit by the earthquake. 04. This is a matter of great… …

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  • 19urgent — [[t]ɜ͟ː(r)ʤ(ə)nt[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If something is urgent, it needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. There is an urgent need for food and water... He had urgent business in New York. Syn: pressing Derived words: urgency N UNCOUNT The… …

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  • 20urgent*/ — [ˈɜːdʒ(ə)nt] adj 1) urgent things are things that you need to deal with immediately He had some urgent business to attend to.[/ex] The problem is becoming increasingly urgent.[/ex] The refugees are in urgent need of food.[/ex] 2) expressing the… …

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