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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

urgent

/ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt/

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What does urgent mean?

adjective

  1. Requiring immediate attention.
  2. Of people: insistent, solicitous.

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It was much debated at Court whether there should be peace with Spain or no, and he was very urgent for war.
Charles DickensA Child's History of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #699
In the early days of aviation larger and better engines of British make specially suited for aeroplanes were our most urgent need.
William J. ClaxtonThe mastery of the airProject Gutenberg ebook #777
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On the contrary, the most urgent problem to-day is how to limit and discourage the over-fertility of the mentally and physically defective.
Margaret SangerThe Pivot of CivilizationProject Gutenberg ebook #1689
This definite ideal is a far more urgent and practical matter in our existing English trouble than any immediate plans or proposals.
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) ChestertonWhat's Wrong with the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #1717
At the moment when urgent necessity is sending up prices, one of them brings me a magnificent Gad-fly intended for the Bembex.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462