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urgency English

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What does urgency mean?
Definitions in simple English

urgency

Urgency is when there is something very important and necessary and it needs quick attention from you.

urgency

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 (= importunity) insistent solicitation and entreaty his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

Synonyms urgency synonyms

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Simple sentences

There's no urgency.
People speak so much about the need for leaving a better planet for our children, and forget the urgency of leaving better children for our planet.
What's the urgency?

Movie subtitles

Inspectors Michel and Leon knew the urgency of their mission.
Owing to the urgency of the deficiency bill, there's a unanimous agreement that no senator will speak for more than five minutes on any section.
I just received a message here which I think better than any words of mine will explain the urgency of our task.
I don't understand the urgency that requires an immediate hearing.
It's a matter of some urgency.
Let them take the first step. There is no urgency.
I mean, with the urgency and all and us on alert well, we arranged this, or I arranged it, as sort of a rib, sir, to congratulate him if you see what I mean.
What urgency there was.
Sir, I must insist. In this case, urgency overrides security.
Urgency overrides security?
I agree with you about the urgency, but they're right too.
The Army is on alert and deploying in great urgency.
What is her urgency, do you know?
In your urgency, supervision grows slack.
I can't explain on the telephone. but you must make him understand that it's a matter of the greatest urgency.
Is there some particular urgency about it?
There was no mistaking the urgency in MacAfee's voice.
It's a matter of some urgency, sir.
THE CAST OF CHARACTERS, THREE MEN LOST AMONGST THE STARS, THREE MEN SHARING THE COMMON URGENCY OF ALL MEN LOST.
But you appreciate the importance of the problem and the urgency?
Mr Chairman, I'm calling you on a matter of great urgency.
As soon as you're compos mentis, chief inspector the captain would like to see you on a matter of utmost urgency.
I agree it's somewhat extemporaneous, but it's a matter of urgency.
What's the big urgent urgency?
It is a matter of grave urgency.
A matter of great urgency.
It's a matter of the utmost urgency.
He took me dancing, I remember he talked. with such warmth, such urgency, such importunity, it's not surprising.
It's a matter of urgency.
The urgency requires your attention in the laboratory.
We would not have summoned you, Lord Strafford, had the situation here not been of a greatest urgency.
The Scots invade our land and all is urgency and alarm.
Professor, I have to speak to you and Sir Keith on a matter of great urgency.
I'm well aware of the urgency of the situation, thank you.
Sorry, Doctor, a matter of some urgency.
Teacher, there's a matter of some urgency.
You must cultivate a sense of urgency.

News and current affairs

The fall of Milosevic does not cure the political woes of the Balkans; indeed, it raises their urgency.
An old and sick man who was to die a few months later, he acted with a sense of urgency to reach a deal that would relieve his inexperienced son of the burden of struggling for the recovery of the Golan Heights.
Unfortunately, the appropriate sense of urgency is missing.
Other regions also will find that the decline of US power increases the urgency of stronger cooperation between neighbors.
But it currently lacks the resources to match the WHO's will-power, the urgency of the problems, and the operational capabilities of the organization.
Now caution has been replaced by a sense of urgency in dealing with these and other challenges, and by awareness of the need for technical and other forms of assistance.
WASHINGTON, DC - The world does not need to be reminded of the urgency of this historical moment.
This has now become a matter of urgency, as the United States and Europe are unlikely to provide much support to Chinese exports.
Unfortunately, this ship seems hostage to a confused sense of mission and a distinct lack of urgency.
The recent collective sense across Europe of the urgency of being able to speak with one voice in external affairs may provide the next breeze, and enough glue, to keep the enterprise afloat.
But the dynamic of all reform is clinched when even weighty arguments succumb to the urgency of change.
Malaria control now faces a period of increasing urgency, as well as renewed hope.
Likewise, on the national level, pro-growth economic-reform initiatives - which seem to have lost some urgency in the face of overly complacent and excessively accommodating financial markets - need to be revitalized.
The climate bomb is ticking, and there is a palpable sense of urgency among policymakers.
In the new context set by the war in Georgia, the urgency of Turkey becoming a real bridge between the nations of the Caucasus is not lost on anyone.
In any case, the incremental nature of the talks belies the situation's urgency.
But it lacks a sense of strategic urgency, which, given rising international tensions across Asia, amounts to a serious strategic blunder.
Moreover, today's Keynesians ignore the urgency behind the depression-era concern with balanced budgets.
Does such nitpicking fail to recognize the urgency of fixing the financial system?
Such questions are gaining in urgency as more and more countries, and the European Union itself, debate whether or not to consolidate financial regulation under the umbrella of one all-powerful body.
The IMF began to take notice only in April 2007, when the problem was already erupting, but there was still no sense of urgency.
The world's emerging powers lack any sense of urgency in addressing abuses, preferring the pursuit of narrower, short-term interests to investing in long-term peace and justice.
The urgency of efforts to address climate change is revealing interesting prospects on the mitigation side, particularly in the areas of renewable energy and low-carbon growth.
But Valls remains the only European politician to have highlighted the danger with the sense of urgency that it merits.

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