# urge

Pronunciation: say "URJ" US /ɝd͡ʒ/, UK /ɜːd͡ʒ/

## Verb

1. To press someone to do something through arguments, persuasion, or repeated appeals.
   - Simple: To try hard to make someone do something by talking to them.
   - _Doctors urge patients to get more daily exercise._
   - _She urged the committee to reconsider its decision._
3. To put forward a point or demand forcefully and insist that it be accepted.
   - Simple: To say strongly that something is important and should be done.
   - _Campaigners urge stronger limits on factory pollution._
   - _She urged the necessity of reform at every meeting._
4. To press, push, or drive something forward; to force it onward.
   - Simple: To push or drive something forward with force.
   - _Fierce currents urge the loose logs downstream toward the mill._
   - _The herders urged the cattle across the shallow river._
5. To provoke or exasperate someone; to stir them to anger.
   - Simple: To make someone very angry or annoyed on purpose.
   - _The endless delays urged the crowd into open frustration._
   - _Repeated taunts urge a tired temper to flare quickly._
6. To press hard upon someone; to follow or pursue them closely.
   - Simple: To follow someone closely and push them hard.
   - _The cavalry urged the retreating enemy through the night._
   - _Wolves urge a wounded deer relentlessly until it falls._
8. To press one's course or progress onward or forward with persistent effort.
   - Simple: To keep something moving ahead by pushing it forward with effort.
   - _She urged her tired horse onward through the deepening snow._
   - _Commanders urge the march forward whenever morale begins to fade._
9. To press a point insistently in argument; to keep insisting on it.
   - Simple: To keep making a point strongly in a discussion.
   - _She urged her case with mounting force as the debate wore on._
   - _Critics urge the argument whenever the policy comes up for review._

## Noun

2. A strong desire to do something, often hard to hold back.
   - Simple: A strong feeling that makes you want to do something.
   - _A powerful urge to travel took hold of him that summer._
   - _She resisted the urge to interrupt and let him finish._

## Verb

7. To treat someone with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures against them. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To deal with someone using force or harsh measures.

## Origin

From the Latin verb urgeō, meaning "to urge."

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