what does urgency mean?
URGENCY as NOUN
- Meaning
- pressing importance requiring speedy action
Usage Example(s)
Hypernyms(s) urgency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
- Meaning
- insistent solicitation and entreaty
Synonym(s)
Usage Example(s)
- his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
Hypernyms(s) urgency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- an urgent situation calling for prompt action
Usage Example(s)
- I”ll be there, barring any urgencies
- they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs
Hypernyms(s) urgency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the state of being urgent
- an earnest and insistent necessity
Hypernyms(s) urgency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Hyponym(s)
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