URGENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urgent mean? 

• URGENT (adjective)
  The adjective URGENT has 1 sense:

1. compelling immediate action

  Familiarity information: URGENT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URGENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Compelling immediate action

Synonyms:

pressing; urgent

Context example:

bridges in urgent need of repair

Similar:

imperative (requiring attention or action)

Derivation:

urge (force or impel in an indicated direction)

urgency (pressing importance requiring speedy action)

urgency (an urgent situation calling for prompt action)

 Context examples 

A strong, urgent, or abnormal desire for a certain substance or activity.

(Craving, NCI Dictionary)

I added this date in case you have an urgent reason to do this now.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Urgent representations have arrived from the very highest quarter.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If you think that an older person is in urgent danger, call 9-1-1.

(Elder Abuse, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

In the afternoon Lydia was urgent with the rest of the girls to walk to Meryton, and to see how everybody went on; but Elizabeth steadily opposed the scheme.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A most urgent telegram was dispatched to you from London by Godfrey Staunton at six-fifteen yesterday evening—a telegram which is undoubtedly associated with his disappearance—and yet you have not had it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The summons was a brief and urgent one.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may also have cramps, bloating, nausea and an urgent need to have a bowel movement.

(Diarrhea, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)

I gathered from their signs that someone had urgent need of my medical services, and I followed the chief to one of his huts.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Sir John had been very urgent with them all to spend the next day at the park.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)