urgent
/ˈɜːdʒənt/UR-juhnt
/ˈɝdʒənt/UR-juhnt
Meaningpressing
Common meaning: needing quick action
- urgto press, push onLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1935 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin urgeō ‘to press, push on’.
Roots
- urgeō Latin “to press, push on”
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