Definitions for urgency

urgency ur·gen·cy

Spelling: [ur-juh n-see]
IPA: /ˈɜr dʒən si/

Urgency is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 106 anagrams from letters in urgency (cegnruy).

Definitions for urgency

noun

  1. urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
  2. urgencies, urgent requirements or needs.

Origin of urgency

1530-40; Late Latin urgentia pressure; see urgent, -ency

Examples for urgency

They have lost sight of everything but the urgency of the cause.

Gratitude was undoubtedly a principal occasion of this urgency.

And then, in view of the delay in the answer, He insisted on perseverance and urgency.

Obama appeared acutely aware of the magnitude of the situation, and the urgency with which immediate action is needed.

The intensity of the airstrikes needs to reflect that urgency.

Every line and every shot announces itself with the urgency that Two Faces of January lacks.

According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Tuesday, so does the urgency.

She has now been on the “urgency” waiting list in Virginia for 3½ years.

"Oh, no, we must go—we must go," she said with a hint of wildness in her urgency.

She clasped her hands, suddenly carrying her urgency to plaintive entreaty.

Word Value for urgency
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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