- urgency - the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
--1 is a kind of necessity
--1 has particulars:hurry, haste; imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press, pressure; criticality, criticalness, cruciality - urgency - pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"
--2 is a kind of importance
--2 has particulars:edge, sharpness; imperativeness, insistence, insistency, instancy - urgency - 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"
--3 is a kind of situation
- importunity, urgency, urging - insistent solicitation and entreaty; "his importunity left me no alternative but to agree"
--4 is a kind of solicitation
Derived form: verb urge2 - urgency - pressing importance requiring speedy action; "the urgency of his need"