What does Urgency mean?

Definitions for Urgency
ˈɜr dʒən siur·gen·cy

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. urgencynoun

    the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

  2. urgencynoun

    pressing importance requiring speedy action

    "the urgency of his need"

  3. urgencynoun

    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"

  4. importunity, urgency, urgingnoun

    insistent solicitation and entreaty

    "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"

Wiktionary

  1. urgencynoun

    The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Urgencynoun

    Pressure of difficulty or necessity.

    Etymology: from urgent.

    Being for some hours extremely pressed by the necessities of nature, I was under great difficulties between urgency and shame. Gulliver’s Travels.

ChatGPT

  1. urgency

    Urgency refers to the state of requiring immediate attention or swift action, usually because of some form of pressing need or impending deadline. It conveys a sense of importance and priority.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Urgencynoun

    the quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion

Wikidata

  1. Urgency

    Urgency is the fourth album by Bellingham, Washington indie rock band The Pale Pacific.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Urgency in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Urgency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Urgency in a Sentence

  1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

    **(C)(P)-THE URGENCY OF NOW-SITUATION DICTATES THAT WE ACT WITH DUE DILIGENCE AND COMPETENCE TO GET AND ACHIEVE OUR FOCUSED OBJECTIVES. DIFFICULT CONSEQUENCES MAY ARISE FROM DIFFICULT DECISIONS MADE. HINDSIGHT MAY ALWAYS TRY TO VALIDATE FORESIGHT, BUT ONLY IF FORESIGHT WAS PREDICTABLE IN ITS OUTCOMES!

  2. Jonathan Reiner:

    That's what the Israelis are going to do, and it's clear to me that's what we're going to do. We're just going to take it at an unnecessary, unacceptably long period of time to get to the point where we get a fourth dose. And I want to see a sense of urgency. Even more than urgency, I want to see a sense of nimbleness.

  3. Chris Woodbridge:

    He has the ability, through his intellect and his force of personality –his social energy—to put a sense of urgency into any organization, and if you don’t have that depth of knowledge that you get from studying our military history like Gen. Mattis suggests, you’re at a disadvantage.

  4. Pascal Sciarini:

    There is a deep and durable change in people's concerns and a new general awareness of the urgency, the expected progress of the Greens and Green Liberals (GLP) can clearly be explained by the environmental concerns linked to climate change.

  5. Amina Mohamed:

    We are giving it the urgency it deserves.

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