Main entry: urgency
Definition: pressing importance requiring speedy action
Usage: the urgency of his need
Main entry: importunity, urgency, urging
Definition: insistent solicitation and entreaty
Usage: his importunity left me no alternative but to agree
Main entry: urgency
Definition: an urgent situation calling for prompt action
Usage: I'll be there, barring any urgencies; they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs
Main entry: urgency
Definition: the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity