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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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin urgent-, urgens, present participle of urgēre
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