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# urgently

«urgently» in Mova's school dictionary: **very quickly, because something is important and must be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (urgently)

### meaning for a pupil

Urgently means very quickly, because something is important and must be done right now: «We need help urgently.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons, emergencies need urgent action: call 999 (UK), 911 (US, Canada), 000 (Australia) or 111 (New Zealand), 112 or 999 (Ireland). In news, charities urgently need donations or blood. In stories, a character speaks urgently to show danger. Phrases: «urgently needed», «need something urgently», «speak urgently».

### examples

- The hospital urgently needs blood donors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x1)
- «Come quickly!» she said urgently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x2)
- The roof leak must be fixed urgently before it rains again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x3)
- The lost hiker urgently needed water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x4)
- We urgently packed our bags when the flood warning came. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x5)
- The head teacher urgently called all the parents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x6)
- She would not let him go, but he went on urgently entreating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgently/#x7)

### note

Adverb from «urgent». Say «UR-jent-lee». «Urgent» means it must be done now; «important» means it matters, but not always right now — a useful difference when planning.

### Trees and pragmatics

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