Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or condition of being urgent.

    the urgency of a demand

    Dringlichkeit

    сро́чностьsróčnostʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Insistence, pressure, urge.

    I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.

  3. (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.

More definitions
  • 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 sentences
  1. There's no urgency.

    Це не терміново.

    ruЭто не срочно.

    deEs eilt nicht.

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  2. What's the urgency?

    ruВ чём срочность?

    deWas ist so dringend?

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  3. There is no urgency.

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  4. There was a sense of urgency.

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  5. Tom has no sense of urgency.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being urgent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being urgent:

Origin

From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.

From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.

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Forms

plural: urgencies

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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