urgency

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Thân thiện

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality or state of being urgent; pressing importance: The condition of requiring immediate action or attention.
   • Insistent solicitation; earnest and persistent request: The act of urging with earnestness and persistence.
   • An urgent situation or matter: A circumstance or issue that demands prompt action.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The urgency of the medical situation required an immediate response from the doctors.
  • She spoke with great urgency, pleading for help.
  • He felt a sense of urgency to finish the project before the deadline.

Advanced Usage

• "A matter of urgency": A situation or issue that is very important and requires immediate attention.
  • Repairing the leak was a matter of urgency.
• "A sense of urgency": A feeling or awareness that something must be done quickly.
  • The team worked with a renewed sense of urgency after the warning.

Variants and Related Words

• Urgent (adj): Requiring immediate action or attention.
  • This is an urgent message.
• Urgently (adv): In a manner that requires immediate action.
  • He needed help urgently.

Synonyms

• Importunity: Persistent and pressing solicitation.
• Exigency: A pressing or urgent situation.
• Imperativeness: The quality of being absolutely necessary.
• Pressure: The use of persuasion or insistence to make someone do something.

Related Phrases

• "To impress the urgency upon someone": To make someone understand how urgent a matter is.
  • The manager tried to impress the urgency of the deadline upon the new staff.
• "To act with urgency": To take action quickly and decisively.
  • In a crisis, it is vital to act with urgency.

Học thuật

Noun

1. insistent solicitation and entreaty
   • his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
2. 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
3. pressing importance requiring speedy action
   • the urgency of his need
4. the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity

Từ đồng nghĩa

• importunity
• urging