# urgent

Pronunciation: say "UR-juhnt" US /ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/, UK/AUS /ˈɜː.d͡ʒənt/

## Adjective

1. Needing immediate attention or action.
   - Simple: Needing to be dealt with right away.
   - _The hospital flagged her case as urgent and moved her to the front of the line._
   - _An urgent email from the client arrived just before midnight, demanding a same-day reply._
2. Of a person: pressing insistently and earnestly for something.
   - Simple: Pushing hard for something and not willing to wait.
   - _The mother grew urgent, gripping the nurse's arm and demanding answers._
   - _His urgent whispers finally convinced them to leave the building before dawn._

## Origin

English borrowed "urgent" from Middle French urgent ("pressing, impelling"), which came from Latin urgēns, from urgēre ("to press"). It is related to the English word "urge."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/urgent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).