Urgent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Urgent	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urgent adj compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'"; "bridges in urgent need of repair" Synonym(s): pressing, urgent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urgent \Ur"gent\, a. [L. urgens, p. pr. of urgere: cf. F. urgent. See {Urge}.] Urging; pressing; besetting; plying, with importunity; calling for immediate attention; instantly important. [bd]The urgent hour.[b8] --Shak. Some urgent cause to ordain the contrary. --Hooker. The Egyptians were urgent upon the people that they might send them out of the land in haste. --Ex. xii. 33.