Urgent
adjective
Requiring immediate attention or action.
Emma needs urgent medical attention.
Often appears as...
- urgent need
- urgent attention
adjective
Expressing with insistence, strong pleading.
His voice was urgent as he warned us about the approaching storm.
Often appears as...
- urgent voice
- urgent appeal
adjective
Requiring immediate attention or action.
Emma needs urgent medical attention.
Often appears as...
- urgent need
- urgent attention
adjective
Expressing with insistence, strong pleading.
His voice was urgent as he warned us about the approaching storm.
Often appears as...
- urgent voice
- urgent appeal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Level
Use 'urgent' to describe situations that cannot wait and need immediate response.
The fire department received an urgent call.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Sensitive
'Urgent' often conveys a sense of time running out and the importance of acting quickly.
Please send your reply by the urgent deadline.
Pro Tip 3/3High Priority
When something is urgent, it takes priority over other activities or obligations.
We postponed our meeting due to an urgent matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Level
Use 'urgent' to describe situations that cannot wait and need immediate response.
The fire department received an urgent call.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Sensitive
'Urgent' often conveys a sense of time running out and the importance of acting quickly.
Please send your reply by the urgent deadline.
Pro Tip 3/3High Priority
When something is urgent, it takes priority over other activities or obligations.
We postponed our meeting due to an urgent matter.
Pro Tip 1/3Emergency Level
Use 'urgent' to describe situations that cannot wait and need immediate response.
The fire department received an urgent call.
Pro Tip 2/3Time Sensitive
'Urgent' often conveys a sense of time running out and the importance of acting quickly.
Please send your reply by the urgent deadline.
Pro Tip 3/3High Priority
When something is urgent, it takes priority over other activities or obligations.
We postponed our meeting due to an urgent matter.
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Hawking's black hole...
While the evaporation process would take an incredibly long time, the questions it raises for physics are far more urgent. The destruction of information would force us to rewrite some of our most fundamental scientific paradigms. But fortunately, in science, every paradox is an opportunity for new discoveries.
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Gaming can make a better...
actually the opposite is true. Three billion hours a week is not nearly enough game play to solve the world's most urgent problems. In fact, I believe that if we want to survive the next century on this planet, we need to increase that total dramatically. I've calculated the total we need
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Mating frenzies, sperm...
returning their mother to good health is urgent. In the surrounding area, dozens of neighboring queens are building their own ant armies. These colonies have peacefully coexisted so far, but once workers appear, a phenomenon known as brood-raiding begins.
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How to disrupt...
disruption is the most urgent and necessary it's rooted in our shared humanity and the fulfillment of our human potential when the doors swing open for those who have been long denied access an opportunity magic and history happens
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
are in the business of. Why? They don't think we need it. They don't think we are in an urgent need of assistance. They see us as adults, rational adults. What we need is information. We need data, we don't need help.
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Capturing authentic...
There are times when it is important to convey information quickly, to present bulleted facts and updates. When a situation is urgent, when action is required now, when you need to know where the tornado will hit,
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Mother Turtle Makes a...
in water, but has urgent business on land. She needs to get to a delivery room and fast. She makes it across just in time and starts to dig. Her eggs have to be laid on dry land, and her time has come.
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Can you survive nuclear...
If the shelter is poor, or someone inside needs urgent medical attention, try seeking outside help after an hour. But ideally, stay inside and stay tuned for more information from first responders.
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How do ventilators work?...
The world urgently needs more low-cost and portable ventilators, as well as a faster means of producing and distributing this life-saving technology.
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A Message From Sir David...
and the need to take action has never been more urgent this year the world will gather in glasgow for the united nations climate change
Video examples
Hawking's black hole...
While the evaporation process would take an incredibly long time, the questions it raises for physics are far more urgent. The destruction of information would force us to rewrite some of our most fundamental scientific paradigms. But fortunately, in science, every paradox is an opportunity for new discoveries.
Video examples
Gaming can make a better...
actually the opposite is true. Three billion hours a week is not nearly enough game play to solve the world's most urgent problems. In fact, I believe that if we want to survive the next century on this planet, we need to increase that total dramatically. I've calculated the total we need
Video examples
Mating frenzies, sperm...
returning their mother to good health is urgent. In the surrounding area, dozens of neighboring queens are building their own ant armies. These colonies have peacefully coexisted so far, but once workers appear, a phenomenon known as brood-raiding begins.
Video examples
How to disrupt...
disruption is the most urgent and necessary it's rooted in our shared humanity and the fulfillment of our human potential when the doors swing open for those who have been long denied access an opportunity magic and history happens
Video examples
Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
are in the business of. Why? They don't think we need it. They don't think we are in an urgent need of assistance. They see us as adults, rational adults. What we need is information. We need data, we don't need help.
Video examples
Capturing authentic...
There are times when it is important to convey information quickly, to present bulleted facts and updates. When a situation is urgent, when action is required now, when you need to know where the tornado will hit,
Video examples
Mother Turtle Makes a...
in water, but has urgent business on land. She needs to get to a delivery room and fast. She makes it across just in time and starts to dig. Her eggs have to be laid on dry land, and her time has come.
Video examples
Can you survive nuclear...
If the shelter is poor, or someone inside needs urgent medical attention, try seeking outside help after an hour. But ideally, stay inside and stay tuned for more information from first responders.
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
The world urgently needs more low-cost and portable ventilators, as well as a faster means of producing and distributing this life-saving technology.
Video examples
A Message From Sir David...
and the need to take action has never been more urgent this year the world will gather in glasgow for the united nations climate change
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Barack Obama
American President
First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
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Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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Patty Griffin
American Musician
I love distracting myself, just like anyone else. But I also feel a more urgent need in myself to make an effort, to be present, and to try to be something that is in favor of life. Of human life.
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Leeza Gibbons
American Celebrity
Both organizations are growing rapidly due in part to answering the urgent need in the community for services and programs to help with the day-to-day struggles that come with memory disorders.
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Naomi Wolf
American Author
Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.
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Ira Glass
American Journalist
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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Julianna Baggott
Novelist
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
My life consists of intense focus on urgent areas of development, and then abandonment of that focus shortly afterwards.
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Joyce Meyer
American Author
We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.
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Barack Obama
American President
First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make technology work for us, and not against us - especially when it comes to solving urgent challenges like climate change? Third, how do we keep America safe and lead the world without becoming its policeman?
Quote examples
Naveen Jain
Indian Businessman
There are as many ways to help another human being as there are people in need of help. For some, the urgent need is as basic as food and water. For others, it is an opportunity to develop a talent, realize an idea, and reach one's full potential.
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Patty Griffin
American Musician
I love distracting myself, just like anyone else. But I also feel a more urgent need in myself to make an effort, to be present, and to try to be something that is in favor of life. Of human life.
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Leeza Gibbons
American Celebrity
Both organizations are growing rapidly due in part to answering the urgent need in the community for services and programs to help with the day-to-day struggles that come with memory disorders.
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Naomi Wolf
American Author
Most urgently, women's identity must be premised upon our 'beauty' so that we will remain vulnerable to outside approval, carrying the vital sensitive organ of self-esteem exposed to the air.
Quote examples
Ira Glass
American Journalist
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
Quote examples
Julianna Baggott
Novelist
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government.
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Romesh Ranganathan
British Comedian
My life consists of intense focus on urgent areas of development, and then abandonment of that focus shortly afterwards.
Quote examples
Joyce Meyer
American Author
We live in a time-crunched world, and just about everything we do seems to be urgent.
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