Dictionary Entry
urgency
urgency is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
- 2noun
pressing importance requiring speedy action
"the urgency of his need"
- 3noun
insistent solicitation and entreaty
"his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
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- 4noun
an urgent situation calling for prompt action
"I'll be there, barring any urgencies"
"they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
- 5noun
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
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