Urgent

//ˈɝ.d͡ʒənt//

Synonyms for "urgent" (131 found)

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Strong matches (39)

Adjective(3 words)
cryingdireexigent

Related words (65)

Adjective(1 words)
pressing

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Translations

71 translations across 44 languages.

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Arabic

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  • مُسْتَعْجِل adj (requiring immediate attention)

Armenian

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  • շտապ adj (requiring immediate attention)

Azerbaijani

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  • təcili adj (requiring immediate attention)

Belarusian

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  • пі́льны adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • тэрміно́вы adj (requiring immediate attention)

Bulgarian

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  • неотложен adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • спе́шен adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • сро́чен adj (requiring immediate attention)

Catalan

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  • urgent adj (requiring immediate attention)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 急迫 adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • 緊急 /紧急 adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • 緊迫 /紧迫 adj (requiring immediate attention)

Czech

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  • naléhavý adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • urgentní adj (requiring immediate attention)

Danish

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  • presserende adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • påtrængende adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • uopsættelig adj (requiring immediate attention)

Dutch

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  • dringend adj (requiring immediate attention)

Esperanto

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  • urĝa adj (requiring immediate attention)

Finnish

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  • kiireellinen adj (requiring immediate attention)

French

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  • urgent adj (requiring immediate attention)

Galician

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  • urxente adj (requiring immediate attention)

German

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  • dringend adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • dringlich adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • eilig adj (requiring immediate attention)

Greek

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  • επείγων adj (requiring immediate attention)

Hebrew

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  • דחוף adj (requiring immediate attention)

Hungarian

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  • sürgős adj (requiring immediate attention)

Ido

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  • urjanta adj (requiring immediate attention)

Indonesian

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  • mendesak adj (requiring immediate attention)

Ingrian

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  • hätähiin adj (requiring immediate attention)

Interlingua

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  • urgente adj (requiring immediate attention)

Irish

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  • práinneach adj (requiring immediate attention)

Italian

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  • urgente adj (requiring immediate attention)

Japanese

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  • 急を要する adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • 緊急の adj (requiring immediate attention)

Korean

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  • 긴급한 adj (requiring immediate attention)

Latin

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  • instans adj (requiring immediate attention)

Macedonian

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  • а́кутен adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • го́рлив adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • и́тен adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • прек adj (requiring immediate attention)

Māori

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  • kōhukihuki adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • nonoi adj (requiring immediate attention)

Northern Kurdish

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  • lezgîn adj (requiring immediate attention)

Plautdietsch

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  • drinjent adj (requiring immediate attention)

Polish

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  • pilny adj (requiring immediate attention)

Portuguese

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  • urgente adj (requiring immediate attention)

Russian

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  • неотло́жный adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • спе́шный adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • сро́чный adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • э́кстренный adj (requiring immediate attention)

Scottish Gaelic

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  • faochnach adj (requiring immediate attention)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • hitan adj (requiring immediate attention)

Slovak

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  • naliehavý adj (requiring immediate attention)

Spanish

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  • acuciante adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • apremiante adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • apremiar adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • urgente adj (requiring immediate attention)

Swedish

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  • brådskande adj (requiring immediate attention)

Telugu

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  • అత్యవసరం adj (requiring immediate attention)

Thai

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  • ด่วน adj (requiring immediate attention)

Turkish

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  • acil adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • ivedi adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • şaşılınç adj (requiring immediate attention)

Ukrainian

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  • нега́йний adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • пи́льний adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • спі́шний adj (requiring immediate attention)
  • терміно́вий adj (requiring immediate attention)

Yiddish

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  • אײַליק adj (requiring immediate attention)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I canceled my appointment because of urgent business.

Source: tatoeba (18794)

I need to make an urgent call. Is there a public phone near here?

Source: tatoeba (18795)

Urgent business prevented him from going.

Source: tatoeba (19596)

Urgent business kept me from going shopping with you.

Source: tatoeba (19597)

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