Collocations for "urgent"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "urgent" in context.
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urgent
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- an urgent [call, phone call, message, communication, email]
- an urgent [request, appeal, plea] for
- address an urgent situation
- the situation has become urgent
- the situation is now urgent
- there is an urgent need for [more doctors, clean water]
- there's an urgent [call, phone call] for you
- [call, phone] me if it's urgent
- [call] me if anything urgent [comes up, arises]
- Is it really that urgent?
- Is it urgent, or can it wait?
- don't worry, it's [not, nothing] urgent
- something urgent has [come, cropped] up
- [very, extremely] urgent
- [deal with, prioritize, answer] the urgent issues
- calls for urgent [attention, steps, intervention]
- [call, attend, hold] an urgent meeting
- spoke in an urgent [voice, tone]
- had an urgent [look, expression] on his face
- [felt, had] an urgent [need, desire] to
'urgent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
command
- cooperation
- cure
- dispatch
- engagement
- errand
- flag
- limit
- meeting
- message
- need
- recognition
- reform
- renewal