urgency Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
noun pressing importance requiring speedy action
- the urgency of his need
noun 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
noun insistent solicitation and entreaty
urging; importunity.
- his importunity left me no alternative but to agree

Cf. F. urgence.

The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.