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ur·gent    Audio Help   [ur-juhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
2.insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person: an urgent pleader.
3.expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals: an urgent tone of voice.
[Origin: 1490–1500; < L urgent- (s. of urgéns), prp. of urgére to urge; see -ent]

—Related forms
ur·gent·ly, adverb
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  urgent
Part of Speech:  adjective
Synonyms:  clamant, compelling, critical, crucial, demanding, dire, essential, exigent, grave, immediate, impelling, imperative, imperious, important, insistent, necessary, peremptory, pressing, required, serious
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  burning
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Compelling immediate attention.
Synonyms:  crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  insistent
Part of Speech:  adjective
Definition:  Firm or obstinate, as in making a demand or maintaining a stand.
Synonyms:  importunate, importune, persistent
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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