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urgency
 
Noun urgency has 4 senses
  1. urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
    --1 is a kind of     necessity
    --1 has particulars:
     hurry, haste; imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure; criticality, criticalness, cruciality
  2. urgency - pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
    --2 is a kind of     importance
    --2 has particulars:
     edge, sharpness; imperativeness, insistence, insistency, instancy
  3. urgency - an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
    --3 is a kind of     situation
  4. importunity, urgency, urging - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
    --4 is a kind of solicitation
    Derived form: verb urge2
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