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urgency
noun
1 urgency
The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.
Roget 630:
requirement,
need,
wants,
necessities;
necessaries,
necessaries of life;
stress,
exigency,
pinch,
sine qua non,
matter of necessity;
case of need,
case of life or death.
needfulness,
essentiality,
necessity,
indispensability,
urgency.
requisition
etc.
(request)
765,
(exaction)
741;
run upon;
demand,
call for.
charge,
claim,
command,
injunction,
mandate,
order,
precept.
desideratum
etc.
(desire)
865;
want
etc.
(deficiency)
640.
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Roget 642:
importance,
consequence,
moment,
prominence,
consideration,
mark,
materialness.
import,
significance,
concern;
emphasis,
interest.
greatness
etc.
31;
superiority
etc.
33;
notability
etc.
(repute)
873;
weight
etc.
(influence)
175;
value
etc.
(goodness)
648;
usefulness
etc.
644.
gravity,
seriousness,
solemnity;
no joke,
no laughing matter;
pressure,
urgency,
stress;
matter of life and death.
memorabilia,
notabilia†,
great doings;
red-letter day.
great thing,
great point;
main chance,
the be all and the end all"
[Macbeth];
cardinal point;
substance,
gist
etc.
(essence)
5;
sum and substance,
gravamen,
head and front;
important part,
principal part,
prominent part,
essential part;
half the battle;
sine qua non;
breath of one's nostrils
etc.
(life)
359;
cream,
salt,
core,
kernel,
heart,
nucleus;
keynote,
keystone;
corner stone;
trump card
etc.
(device)
626;
salient points.
top sawyer,
first fiddle,
prima donna [Sp.],
chief;
triton among the minnows;
'it' [U.S.]. "
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Roget 684:
haste,
urgency;
despatch,
dispatch;
acceleration,
spurt,
spirt†,
forced march,
rush,
dash;
speed,
velocity
etc.
274;
precipitancy,
precipitation,
precipitousness
etc.
adj.;
impetuosity;
brusquerie†;
hurry,
drive,
scramble,
bustle,
fuss,
fidget,
flurry,
flutter,
splutter.
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Dutch: wat is er
2 urgency
Pressing importance requiring speedy action.
3 urgency
An urgent situation calling for prompt action.
4 urgency
Insistent solicitation and entreaty.
synonyms: importunity, urging.
Polish: nachalność, nachalstwo, namolność, natarczywość, natręctwo
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