We've come to deliver an urgent message.
an urgent appeal for assistance
He addressed us in an urgent manner.
An urgent voice came over the intercom, telling us to leave the building immediately.
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Define what requires a meeting, what belongs in an email, when instant messaging is appropriate, and what qualifies as urgent.—Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 12 May 2026 This is an urgent and essential initiative.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 May 2026 There were also objections from bigger carriers such as United, which had an urgent financial interest in seeing the back of a pesky cheap competitor.—John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026 Turn on stronger login protection where possible and treat urgent messages with caution.—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for urgent
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Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre