Meaning

2 senses
  1. Requiring immediate attention.

    An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.

    dringend, dringlich, eilig

    сро́чныйsróčnyj, э́кстренныйékstrennyj, неотло́жныйneotlóžnyj

    терміно́вийterminóvyj, спі́шнийspíšnyj, пи́льнийpýlʹnyj

    compelling immediate action

  2. Of people: insistent, solicitous.

Examples

292 sentences
  1. Tom is here on urgent business.

    У Тома тут термінова справа.

    ruТом здесь по срочному делу.

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  2. Tom says the matter is urgent.

    Том каже, що це термінова справа.

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  3. There is an urgent need for money.

    Терміново потрібні гроші.

    ruСрочно нужны деньги.

    deEs besteht dringender Bedarf an Geld.

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  4. I have an urgent message for Tom.

    У мене термінове повідомлення для Тома.

    ruУ меня есть срочное сообщение для Тома.

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  5. Tom says that the matter is urgent.

    Том каже, що це термінова справа.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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requiring immediate attention:
Русский
By meaning 1
requiring immediate attention:
Deutsch
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requiring immediate attention:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre

Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Equivalent to urge + -ent. Related to German würgen (“to strangle”), Lithuanian ver̃žti (“to string, tighten, constrict”), Russian (poetic) отверза́ть (otverzátʹ, “to open”, literally “to untie”), Polish otwierać (“to open”)) and English worry, wring, wreak, wreck.

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Forms

more urgent, most urgent
Comparativemore urgent Lesson
Superlativemost urgent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

8 patterns
  • an an urgent
  • an urgent need
  • urgent need for
  • urgent need
  • urgent business
  • on urgent business
  • urgent matter
  • this was urgent

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
urgent — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto