Translation
urgent, pressing
Word origin
From the international family of French urgent and English urgent, all from Latin urgere ('to press, to push'). The verb urĝi ('to be urgent, to press') sits beside it: la tempo urĝas, time presses.
- Origin
- Latin, via French
- Root
- urgere
- English cognates
- urgent, urge
Examples
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I received an urgent letter from the doctor.
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The matter is urgent, so we must act at once.
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Is the problem really urgent?
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