urgency

== English == === Alternative forms === urgence (archaic) === Etymology === From urgent +‎ -ency or Latin urgentia. === Pronunciation === (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/ (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi === Noun === urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies) The quality or condition of being urgent. Insistence, pressure, urge. (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder. ==== Synonyms ==== exigency clamancy ==== Translations ==== === References === “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.