exigency

/'eksidʤəns/ Cách viết khác : (exigency) /'eksidʤənsi/

Thân thiện

A doctor quickly assesses a patient in the emergency room during a medical exigency.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A state of urgency requiring immediate action: A situation demanding swift and decisive response, often due to pressing needs or circumstances.
   • An urgent requirement or need: A pressing demand or necessity arising from a particular situation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The exigency of the medical situation required the doctor to make a split-second decision.
  • Financial exigency forced the company to restructure its operations immediately.
  • In times of war, the exigencies of national security often override other concerns.

Advanced Usage

• "the exigencies of (something)": The urgent demands or requirements imposed by a particular situation, condition, or profession.
  • The exigencies of modern life leave little time for relaxation.
  • Soldiers must adapt to the exigencies of combat.

Variants and Related Words

• Exigent (adj): Requiring immediate action or attention; pressing.
  • The patient's condition was exigent and required surgery.
• Exigence (n): An alternative, less common form of "exigency," with the same meaning.

Synonyms

• Emergency: A serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
• Crisis: A time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger.
• Imperative: An essential or urgent thing.
• Necessity: The state or fact of being required or indispensable.

Related Phrases

• "of exigency": Describing something related to or necessitated by an urgent situation.
  • This is a measure of exigency, not standard procedure.

Related Idioms

• "Necessity is the mother of invention": This proverb relates to the concept of exigency, suggesting that urgent needs drive people to create innovative solutions.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
   • he never knew what to do in an emergency
2. a pressing or urgent situation
   • the health-care exigency

Từ đồng nghĩa

• emergency
• pinch