urging
SayUR-jing/ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/UK/ˈɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of urge.
The committee is urging residents to conserve water during the drought.
His constant urging finally convinced them to leave the city early.
Note
The same spelling does two jobs. As a participle it keeps the verb's direct object and often a to-infinitive: urging residents to conserve, urging caution. As a gerund it behaves like a noun, taking a possessive and adjectives: his constant urging, the gentle urging of friends. In both uses it can carry either the persuasive pressure of urge or its physical sense of driving something onward.
urging is a form of urge
urge, verb: To press someone to do something through arguments, persuasion, or repeated appeals. Full entry
- Spelling
- urge → urging: drop the e, add -ing
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