urgency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: urgency	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for urgency
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
urgency n the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need" an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs" insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree" Synonym(s): importunity, urgency, urging
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Urgency \Ur"gency\, n. [Cf. F. urgence.] The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency* of a demand or an occasion.