urgent
US: /ˈɝdʒənt/
UK: /ˈɜːdʒənt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
urgent /' :d nt/- tính từ
- gấp, cần kíp, khẩn cấp, cấp bách
- urgent need: nhu cầu cấp bách
- khẩn nài, năn nỉ
- gấp, cần kíp, khẩn cấp, cấp bách
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective1 that needs to be dealt with immediately: an urgent appeal for information + a problem that requires urgent attention + 'Can I see you for a moment?' 'Is it urgent?' + Mark the message 'urgent', please. + The law is in urgent need of reform. + They've called an urgent meeting for this evening. + (formal) It is urgent that the law be changed.
2 (written) showing that you think that sth needs to be dealt with immediately: an urgent look / whisper + Her voice sounded urgent on the phone.
urgency noun [U, sing.]: This is a matter of some urgency. + The attack added a new urgency to the peace talks. + There was a note of urgency in his voice.
urgently adverb: New equipment is urgently needed. + I need to speak to her urgently. + 'We must find him,' she said urgently.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 immediate, instant, imperative, pressing, compelling, vital, life-and-death or life-or-death, important, serious, necessary, exigent, rush, emergency, pressing, high-priority:
There was an urgent need to do something at once, so she screamed.
2 supplicative, begging, solicitous, earnest, importunate, insistent, loud, clamorous, active, energetic, pertinacious, tenacious, forceful, firm:
Both parties were urgent in pressing for tax reform.
Collocation
VERBS
be, seem, sound
Can you come to the phone?it sounds urgent.
| become, get
ADV.
extremely, really, very | increasingly
the increasingly urgent political situation at home
| quite, rather
Don't forget that one, it's rather urgent.
Concise dictionary
'ɜrdʒənt /'ɜːd-adj.
+compelling immediate action
