urgent
Requiring immediate attentionRequiring immediate attention.
» Tom is here on urgent business.
Том здесь по срочному делу.
У Тома тут термінова справа.
Том тут у терміновій справі.
Meaning
2 sensesRequiring immediate attention.
An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.
dringend, dringlich, eilig
сро́чныйsróčnyj, э́кстренныйékstrennyj, неотло́жныйneotlóžnyj
терміно́вийterminóvyj, спі́шнийspíšnyj, пи́льнийpýlʹnyj
compelling immediate action
Of people: insistent, solicitous.
Examples
292 sentencesTom is here on urgent business.
У Тома тут термінова справа.
ruТом здесь по срочному делу.
Tom says the matter is urgent.
Том каже, що це термінова справа.
There is an urgent need for money.
Терміново потрібні гроші.
ruСрочно нужны деньги.
deEs besteht dringender Bedarf an Geld.
I have an urgent message for Tom.
У мене термінове повідомлення для Тома.
ruУ меня есть срочное сообщение для Тома.
Tom says that the matter is urgent.
Том каже, що це термінова справа.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēreBorrowed 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| Comparative | more urgent Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most urgent Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
16 synonymsAntonyms
3 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
8 patterns- an an urgent
- an urgent need
- urgent need for
- urgent need
- urgent business
- on urgent business
- urgent matter
- this was urgent