Urgency
1Urgency — Ur gen*cy, n. [Cf. F. urgence.] The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion. [1913 Webster] …
2Urgency — may refer to:* Pan pan, international radio call for an emergency posing no imminent danger * Urinary urgency, medical condition …
3urgency — index compulsion (coercion), dispatch (promptness), emergency, exigency, force (compulsion), haste …
4urgency — 1530s; see URGENT (Cf. urgent) + CY (Cf. cy) …
5urgency — [ʉr′jən sē] n. pl. urgencies 1. the quality or state of beingurgent; need for action, haste, etc.; stress or pressure, as of necessity 2. insistence; importunity 3. something urgent …
6urgency — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, extreme, great, utmost ▪ a matter of the utmost urgency ▪ added, new ▪ …
7urgency — n. 1) urgency about, in (there is no urgency about this matter) 2) (misc.) a sense of urgency * * * [ ɜːdʒ(ə)nsɪ] in (there is no urgency about this matter) (misc.) a sense of urgency urgency about …
8urgency — ur|gen|cy [ ɜrdʒənsi ] noun uncount 1. ) the need to deal with something quickly: Everyone agrees on the urgency of the situation. matter of urgency: Reducing damage to the area is a matter of great urgency. sense of urgency: The sign is intended …
9urgency — UK [ˈɜː(r)dʒ(ə)nsɪ] / US [ˈɜrdʒənsɪ] noun [uncountable] 1) the need to deal with something quickly Everyone agrees on the urgency of the situation. matter of urgency: Reducing damage to the area is a matter of great urgency. sense of urgency: The …
10urgency — noun 1. the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑necessity • Hyponyms: ↑hurry, ↑haste, ↑imperativeness, ↑insistence, ↑in …
