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Meaning of urgency

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  urgency
      n 1: the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent
           necessity
      2: pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of
         his need"
      3: 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"
      4: insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me
         no alternative but to agree" [syn: {importunity}, {urgency},
         {urging}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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