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As an adjective, urgent means requiring immediate attention.
Meanings of urgent
3 meaningsadjective
Requiring immediate attention.
“An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.”
Of people: insistent, solicitous.
Compelling immediate action
“too pressing to permit of longer delay”
“the urgent words ‘Hurry! Hurry!’”
“bridges in urgent need of repair”
Similar: pressing
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: compelling immediate action
Words that rhyme with urgent
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