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urgent
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French urgent (“pressing, impelling”), from Latin urg?ns, from urg?re (“to press”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /???d??nt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /??d??nt/
- Hyphenation: ur?gent
Adjective
urgent (comparative more urgent, superlative most urgent)
- Requiring immediate attention.
- Synonyms: pressing, needly
Usage notes
The primary meaning of urgent is as a description of a pressing need. Especially in journalistic contexts, it is sometimes used by transference to describe the thing needed, or to mean "happening very soon", which some deem erroneous.
Derived terms
Related terms
- urge
Translations
Anagrams
- Gunter, gunter, gurnet
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin urgens.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /u???ent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ur??en/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /u??d??ent/
Adjective
urgent (masculine and feminine plural urgents)
- urgent
Derived terms
- urgentment
Related terms
- urgència
- urgir
Further reading
- “urgent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “urgent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “urgent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “urgent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin urgens, present participle of urge?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?.???/
Adjective
urgent (feminine singular urgente, masculine plural urgents, feminine plural urgentes)
- urgent
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- pressé
Further reading
- “urgent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ur.?ent/, [??r??n?t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ur.d??ent/, [?urd???n?t?]
Verb
urgent
- third-person plural present active indicative of urge?
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- ürgent
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /yr?d????t/
Adjective
urgent
- urgent
Romanian
Etymology
From French urgent, from Latin urgens.
Adjective
urgent m or n (feminine singular urgent?, masculine plural urgen?i, feminine and neuter plural urgente)
- urgent
Declension
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explosive
English
Etymology
From Latin explos-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explod? + the suffix -ive.
Pronunciation
Adjective
explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)
- With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
- an explosive device
- Having the character of an explosion.
- an explosive fire
- (figuratively) Shocking; startling.
- an explosive accusation
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- He has an explosive personality.
Related terms
- explode
Translations
Noun
explosive (plural explosives)
- Any explosive substance.
Translations
French
Adjective
explosive
- feminine singular of explosif
German
Adjective
explosive
- inflection of explosiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
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