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(of a state or situation) requiring immediate action or attention:

〈物･事が〉緊急の, 至急の, 急を要する, 切迫した

e.g. the situation is far more urgent than politicians are admitting.

(of action or an event) done or arranged in response to a pressing or critical situation:

e.g. she needs urgent treatment.

(of a person or their manner) earnest and persistent in response to a pressing situation:

｟かたく｠ 〈人が〉 【物･事を/人に】(しつこく)催促, 要求する «for, in/with» ; 〈声などが〉せきたてるような.

e.g. an urgent whisper.

late 15th century: from Old French, from Latin urgent- ‘pressing, driving’, from the verb urgere (see urge).