urgency
noun/ˈɜrdʒənsi/
Frequency rank: #7,276 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the quality of requiring immediate action or attention.
Example sentence
She spoke with great urgency about the need to act before it was too late.
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