urgent

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Thân thiện

The doctor received an urgent call about a patient.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Requiring immediate action or attention: Describes a situation, task, or matter that cannot be delayed and must be dealt with quickly.
   • Expressing a pressing need or earnest request: Conveys a tone of seriousness and importance, often in communication.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • This is an urgent message that must be delivered immediately.
  • The hospital issued an urgent call for blood donors.
  • She spoke in an urgent whisper, telling us to leave at once.

Advanced Usage

• "to be urgent": to require immediate action.
  • The matter is urgent and cannot wait until tomorrow.
• "of urgent importance": of critical and immediate significance.
  • Addressing climate change is of urgent importance.

Variants and Related Words

• Urgently (adverb): in a manner requiring immediate action.
  • He needed medical help urgently.
• Urgency (noun): the state of being urgent; pressing importance.
  • The urgency of the situation demanded a swift response.

Synonyms

• Critical: of decisive importance; crucial.
• Pressing: requiring quick action; urgent.
• Imperative: of vital importance; crucial.

Related Phrases

• Urgent care: (noun phrase) a category of walk-in medical clinic for injuries or illnesses requiring immediate care but not serious enough for an emergency room.
  • He went to the urgent care center for a sprained ankle.
• Urgent matter: (noun phrase) an issue requiring prompt attention.
  • I must discuss an urgent matter with you.

Idioms

• In urgent need of: desperately requiring something.
  • The refugees are in urgent need of food and shelter.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. compelling immediate action
   • too pressing to permit of longer delay
   • the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'
   • bridges in urgent need of repair

Từ đồng nghĩa

• pressing