urgency
The quality or condition of being urgentThe quality or condition of being urgent.
» There's no urgency.
Es eilt nicht.
Это не срочно.
Срочности нет.
Це не терміново.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being urgent.
the urgency of a demand
Dringlichkeit
сро́чностьsróčnostʹ
(countable, uncountable)Insistence, pressure, urge.
I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
(countable, uncountable)A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
- the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
Examples
19 sentencesThere's no urgency.
Це не терміново.
ruЭто не срочно.
deEs eilt nicht.
What's the urgency?
ruВ чём срочность?
deWas ist so dringend?
There is no urgency.
There was a sense of urgency.
Tom has no sense of urgency.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.
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Forms
plural: urgenciesSynonyms
4 synonyms- insistent solicitation and entreaty:importunityurging
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable