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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.

?

Is the problem really urgent?

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This word is part of lesson 23.