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# urgency

«urgency» in Mova's school dictionary: **the need to act quickly because something is important** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (urgency — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Urgency is the need to act quickly because something is important. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#m1)

2) Urgency is also the feeling that something must be done at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety and stories, urgency tells the reader there is danger or a deadline. Phrases: a sense of urgency, with urgency, a matter of urgency.

### examples

- There was urgency in her voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x1)
- The doctor acted with urgency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x2)
- We need a sense of urgency to finish on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x3)
- The fire was a matter of urgency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x4)
- He spoke with urgency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x5)
- The urgency of the situation was clear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: urgent. Safety: in an emergency, act with urgency and call the emergency number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «urgency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.