What does Urgency mean?
Definitions for Urgency
ˈɜr dʒən siur·gen·cy
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Princeton's WordNet
urgencynoun
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
urgencynoun
pressing importance requiring speedy action
"the urgency of his need"
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"
importunity, urgency, urgingnoun
insistent solicitation and entreaty
"his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
Wiktionary
urgencynoun
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
Urgencynoun
the quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion
Wikidata
Urgency
Urgency is the fourth album by Bellingham, Washington indie rock band The Pale Pacific.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Urgency in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Urgency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Urgency in a Sentence
**(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!
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.
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.
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.
We are giving it the urgency it deserves.
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