urgency
nounAU, UK /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/ · CA, US /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
Etymology From urgent + -ency or Latin urgentia.
1
The quality or condition of being urgent.
- the urgency of a demand
- Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:
2
Insistence, pressure, urge.
- I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
3
Medicine, Sciences A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.