the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Used in a Sentence
urgency
How to use urgency in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for urgency.
Editorial note
People only have 8 more days to donate, the sense of urgency is a tad bit higher in that context.
Examples12
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of urgency gathered in one view.
pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for urgency.
noun
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
noun
pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
noun
an urgent situation calling for prompt action; "I'll be there, barring any urgencies"; "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
noun
insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
See also: importunity, urging
Example sentences
People only have 8 more days to donate, the sense of urgency is a tad bit higher in that context.
They release uncoordinated and when they feel like it, with no sense of urgency.
*Edit: By "like animals", I mean, "with a survival-level sense of urgency.
You'll usually be doing this with 4 or 5 projects at a time, all with varying levels of complexity and urgency.
I told them we are a web service with hundreds of thousands of users, so this is a matter of urgency, and we are ready to cooperate fully.
All reported with deep urgency and absolute truthful authority between gentle praise songs I heard in church every Sunday.
You fire the first shot of a War that you never had to fight in the first place and one that will only hasten the urgency with which even more draconian legislation would be pursued.
It's time we ask ourselves if there's really anyone who has any sense of urgency to address the ever growing problem of brutal, unprincipled, and indifferent application of power in the US.
Fortunately lots of folks dedicated to working through the challenges to make things better and its always great to have Larry pounding his fist on the table to add some urgency to an already frenetic environment.
There are several high profile AWS customers to pick from, but the obvious customer to start with is Netflix: they care about GCE's putative differentiators of price and performance -- and Amazon is a mortal threat to Netflix as a competitor, which should give some boardroom-level urgency to the discussion.
If you want to use systemd but have plain-text logs, journald can pass everything to syslog and similar daemons.\nWhat everyone forget is the bonus that journald provides: no more "cat /var/log/*.log | grep <program> | sort -u" and hope that applications log in the same format, I have everything in a single place and can browse them by unit, by user, by time, by urgency...3.
Clients can also pay for: criticality of work\n urgency of work\n guaranteed availability\n hard-to-find expertise\n communication skills\n perceived attentiveness to needs\n lower perceived risk\n corporate politics\n measurable results\n warm fuzzy feeling\n\nOf these, if you could only have one, I'd probably go with the ability to give clients the warm fuzzy feeling.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use urgency in a sentence?
People only have 8 more days to donate, the sense of urgency is a tad bit higher in that context.
What does urgency mean?
the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
What part of speech is urgency?
urgency is commonly used as noun.