urgent
/ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/
adjective
Requiring immediate attention.
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Adjective 2 meanings
Requiring immediate attention.
“An urgent appeal was sent out for assistance.”
Of people: insistent, solicitous.
Where it comes from
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urgēns, from urgēre (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *werǵʰ- (“bind, squeeze”). Equivalent to urge + -ent.
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URGENT at a glance
URGENT has 6 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (U 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,548 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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