English-Thai Dictionary

exigency

N ความจำเป็น เร่งด่วน (คำ ทางการ  ความต้องการ ด่วน  need requirement urgency kwam-jam-pen-reng-duan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXIGENCY

Ex "i *gen *cy, n.;pl. Exigencies. Etym: [LL. exigentia: cf. F.exigence. ]

 

Defn: The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. "The present exigency of his affairs." Ludlow.

 

Syn. -- Demand; urgency; distress; pressure; emergency; necessity; crisis.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

exigency

ex i gen cy |ˈeksijənsē, igˈzijənsē ˈɛksəʤənsi | ▶noun ( pl. exigencies ) an urgent need or demand: women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it | he put financial exigency before personal sentiment. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin exigentia, from Latin exigere ‘enforce ’ (see exact ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

exigency

exigency |ˈɛksɪdʒ (ə )nsi, ˈɛgzɪ -, ɪgˈzɪ -, ɛgˈzɪ -| ▶noun ( pl. exigencies ) an urgent need or demand: women worked long hours when the exigencies of the family economy demanded it | [ mass noun ] : he put financial exigency before personal sentiment. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from late Latin exigentia, from Latin exigere ‘enforce ’ (see exact ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

exigency

exigency noun 1 the exigencies of the war: need, demand, requirement, necessity. 2 financial exigency: urgency, crisis, difficulty, pressure.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

exigency

exigency noun rare 1 the exigencies of the continuing war: need, demand, requirement, want; necessity, essential, requisite. 2 financial exigency dictated that the government adopt a peace policy: urgency, emergency, extremity, crisis, difficulty, pressure.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

exigency

ex i gen cy /éksɪdʒ (ə )nsi /名詞 複 -cies ｟かたく ｠1 C 〖通例 -cies 〗差し迫った必要, 急務 ▸ meet the exigencies of the times 時勢の急務に応じる 2 U C 危急, 緊急 ; 緊急の場合, 急迫した状態 (→emergency )▸ in this exigency この危急の際に