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urgency

N การ เร่งรีบ  ความเร่งด่วน  kan-reng-rib

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

URGENCY

n. 1. Pressure; importunity; earnest solicitation; as the urgency of a request.
2. Pressure of necessity; as the urgency of want or distress; the urgency of the occasion.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

URGENCY

Ur "gen *cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. urgence. ]

 

Defn: The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

urgency

ur gen cy |ˈərjənsē ˈɜːrʤənsi | noun 1 importance requiring swift action: the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs. 2 an earnest and persistent quality; insistence: Emilia heard the urgency in his voice.

 

Oxford Dictionary

urgency

ur |gen ¦cy |ˈəːdʒ (ə )nsi | noun [ mass noun ] 1 importance requiring swift action: the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs. [ count noun ] : these are the grave urgencies facing us. 2 an earnest and persistent quality; insistence: Emilia heard the urgency in his voice.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

urgency

urgency noun 1 the discovery of the ozone hole gave urgency to the issue of CFCs: importance, top priority, imperativeness, weight, weightiness, gravity, necessity, exigency, seriousness, momentousness, cruciality, extremity, hurry, haste. 2 Emilia heard the urgency in his voice: insistence, persistence, determination, resolution, tenacity, obstinacy, doggedness; importunateness, clamour, clamorousness, earnestness, pleading, begging.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

urgency

ur gen cy /ə́ː r dʒ (ə )nsi /名詞 U 1 緊急, 切迫 ▸ a sense of urgency 切迫感 2 (要求などの )執拗 しつよう さ, しつこさ .