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1. The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
    
2. Pressing importance requiring speedy action
   "the urgency of his need"
    
3. 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"
    
4. Insistent solicitation and entreaty
   "his urgency left me no alternative but to agree";
   - importunity, urging

Derived forms: urgencies

Type of: importance, necessity, situation, solicitation

Encyclopedia: Urgency