Definitions for urgent

urgent ur·gent

Spelling: [ur-juh nt]
IPA: /ˈɜr dʒənt/

Urgent is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 92 anagrams from letters in urgent (egnrtu).

Definitions for urgent

adjective

  1. compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing:
  2. insistent or earnest in solicitation; importunate, as a person:
  3. expressed with insistence, as requests or appeals:

Origin of urgent

1490-1500; Latin urgent- (stem of urgēns), present participle of urgēre to urge; see -ent

Examples for urgent

No doubt he told us both that he had received an urgent telegram.

But a Western policy that is blind to the urgent need for reform and justice is certain to end in catastrophe.

It was another two hours' leave of absence she asked for "on urgent business."

An attach from the French Embassy was waiting to speak to me on urgent business.

We need to strike a balance between creating false alarms and letting any urgent medical matters fall through the cracks.

Is there anyone who thinks the urgent problem we need to solve in Washington, D.C. is how to allow more spending on campaigns?

But my most urgent task was speedily to make way with the incriminating corpse.

But if gendered Internet harassment is this urgent of a problem, why is Twitter outsourcing it to WAM!

Then, depending on how urgent I think it is to get it, sometimes I have to go back home and drop it off.

The rapid increase of the business created an urgent demand for barrels.

Word Value for urgent
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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