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Urgent   /ˈərdʒənt/   Listen
Urgent

adjective
1.
Compelling immediate action.  Synonym: pressing.  "The urgent words 'Hurry! Hurry!'" , "Bridges in urgent need of repair"






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"Urgent" Quotes from Famous Books



... Will Shakspere," called the Admiral's player; "I am to fetch the boy to Carew in Newgate on an urgent matter. My name is Jones—Dick Jones, of Henslowe's company. Burbage knows ...
— Master Skylark • John Bennett

... with a sturdy health such as few men enjoy, and came to myself sooner than had been looked for, with a dash of cold water. And the first face I beheld was that of Colonel Washington. I heard him speaking in a voice that was calm, yet urgent and commanding. ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill

... of action is also most urgent for the Catholics of the Western Provinces. We are a minority in each Province; concerted action can alone press our legitimate claims and bring to us success in these activities which necessarily overlap the boundaries of dioceses and provinces, as is the case with the Catholic ...
— Catholic Problems in Western Canada • George Thomas Daly

... with Arthur the date of their marriage. It seemed to her that she had got out of Paris all it could give her, and she wished to begin a new life. Her love for Arthur appeared on a sudden more urgent, and she was filled with delight at the thought of the happiness she ...
— The Magician • Somerset Maugham

... a euthenic measure is of course not only legitimate but urgent. The embryo derives its entire nourishment from the mother; and its development depends wholly on its supply of nourishment. Anything which affects the supply of nourishment will affect the embryo in a general, not a particular way. If the mother's mental and ...
— Applied Eugenics • Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson


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