Meanings
nounurgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)
plural urgencies · alternative archaic urgence
- countableuncountableThe quality or condition of being urgent.
the urgency of a demand
1 more example
Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.
2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport - countableuncountablegastroenterologyA sudden and compelling need to urinate or defecate that is difficult to defer.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Latinurgentia
- Englishurgency
From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian спешност
- спешност (spešnost)quality or condition of being urgent
Catalan urgència
- urgènciaquality or condition of being urgent
Chinese Mandarin 緊迫 /紧迫
- 緊迫 /紧迫 (jǐnpò)quality or condition of being urgent
Czech naléhavost
- naléhavostquality or condition of being urgent
Esperanto urĝeco
- urĝecoquality or condition of being urgent
Finnish kiireellisyys
- kiireellisyysquality or condition of being urgent
French urgence
- urgencequality or condition of being urgent
German Dringlichkeit
- Dringlichkeitquality or condition of being urgent
Greek επείγον
- επείγον (epeígon)quality or condition of being urgent
Hindi तत्कालीन, तत्काल
- तत्कालीन (tatkālīn)quality or condition of being urgent
- तत्काल (tatkāl)quality or condition of being urgent
Indonesian kêgêntingan
- kêgêntinganquality or condition of being urgent
Italian urgenza, urgenze
- urgenzaquality or condition of being urgent
- urgenzequality or condition of being urgent
Latin exigentia
- exigentiaquality or condition of being urgent
Persian اورژانس
- اورژانسquality or condition of being urgent
Polish nagłość, pilność
- nagłośćquality or condition of being urgent
- pilnośćquality or condition of being urgent
Portuguese urgência
- urgênciaquality or condition of being urgent
Romanian urgență
- urgențăquality or condition of being urgent
Russian сро́чность
- сро́чность (sróčnostʹ)quality or condition of being urgent
Spanish urgencia, premura
- urgenciaquality or condition of being urgent
- premuraquality or condition of being urgent
- apremioquality or condition of being urgent
- perentoriedadquality or condition of being urgent
Turkish aciliyet, ivedilik
- aciliyetquality or condition of being urgent
- ivedilikquality or condition of being urgent
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with urgency
emergencyinsurgencycounterinsurgencyassurgencydetergencydivergencyresurgencysurgeoncyturgencyvergency
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
urgency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgency
MLA
“urgency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgency. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “urgency,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/urgency.
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