[ˈəːdʒ(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- requiring immediate action or attention
(e.g: an urgent demand for more state funding)

- (of an action or event) done or arranged in response to an urgent situation
(e.g: she needs urgent treatment)


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Origin:
late 15th century: from Old French, from Latin urgent- ‘pressing, driving’, from the verb urgere (see urge)