Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose instead to concentrate on mathematics and physics.
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Urging
/ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/
Synonyms for "urging" (47 found)
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Noun(11 words)
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13 entriesemphatic urgingexhortexhortationinsistentnaggingnudgepep talkpersistentpressprodproddingspururgent urging
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13 entriesgentle urgingmoral urgingparental urgingpersistent urgingpolitical urgingpublic urgingstrong urgingteacher's urgingurging appealurging argumenturging messageurging speechurging tone
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Tom has been urging me to join the army.
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Police are urging people not to pick up hitchhikers as they search for two prisoners on the run after escaping from jail.
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They're urging caution.
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