Associations to the word «Urgency»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

URGENCY, noun. The state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.
URGENCY, noun. Pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need".
URGENCY, 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".
URGENCY, noun. Insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats