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# urgent

adjective (urgent, more urgent, most urgent)

«urgent» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Urgent means very important and needing to be done or dealt with straight away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#m1)
2. An urgent voice or look shows that someone needs something quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#m2)

### In the lessons

In safety lessons, children learn which situations are urgent emergencies (fire, someone not breathing, a serious injury) and need a 999, 911, 000 or 111 call, and which are not urgent. In everyday life, an urgent message or letter must be read at once. In hospitals, «urgent care» treats problems that need quick help. Phrases: «urgent help», «urgent message», «it's urgent».

### Examples

- This is urgent; please call me back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x1)
- The injured man needed urgent help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x2)
- She spoke in an urgent whisper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x3)
- If someone stops breathing, it is urgent, so call an ambulance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x4)
- The teacher had an urgent message for the head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x5)
- Fixing the leaking pipe is urgent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x6)
- It isn't urgent, so it can wait until tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x7)
- Mark the email «urgent». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x8)
- "But as your business is so urgent, I will try to carry you across. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/#x9)

### Note

Adjective; noun: urgency; adverb: urgently. Emergency numbers: 999 in the UK and Ireland (112 also works), 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand. Online, messages that say «urgent» and ask for money or passwords are often scams.

## In Jewish tradition

In Exodus, "urgent" describes the taskmasters pressing the slaves, and the Egyptians pressing Israel to leave quickly.

**Interpretation.** The Egyptians' urgency is why the Israelites left in haste and had no time for bread to rise. This is why matzah is eaten at Passover.

### Examples

- And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: 'Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.' (Torah EXO.5.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/urgent/#x1)
- And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste; for they said: 'We are all dead men.' (Torah EXO.12.33, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/urgent/#x2)

### Note

Adjective; noun: urgency; adverb: urgently. Emergency numbers: 999 in the UK and Ireland (112 also works), 911 in the USA and Canada, 000 in Australia, 111 in New Zealand. Online, messages that say «urgent» and ask for money or passwords are often scams.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «urgent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/urgent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«urgent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/urgent.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «urgent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/urgent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«urgent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/urgent.html) on Mova free.