urgency

Plural: urgencies

Noun

• The quality of requiring immediate attention or action.
• the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity
• pressing importance requiring speedy action
  • "the urgency of his need"
• an urgent situation calling for prompt action
  • "they departed hurriedly because of some great urgency in their affairs"
• insistent solicitation and entreaty
• The quality or condition of being urgent.
• Insistence, pressure, urge.
• A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

Examples

• I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.
• the urgency of a demand
• There was an URGENCY in her play, knowing only a bingo could secure victory.

Synonyms

importunity, urging, clamancy, exigency