Exigency

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or quality of requiring much effort or immediate action.
  • n. A pressing or urgent situation. See Synonyms at crisis.
  • n. Urgent requirements; pressing needs. Often used in the plural.
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  • n. The demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural.)
  • n. An urgent situation.
  • n. A situation requiring extreme effort or attention.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being urgent; pressing need or demand; urgency: as, the exigency of the case or of business.
  • n. A pressing necessity; an urgent case; any case which demands prompt action, supply, or remedy: as, in the present exigency no time is to be lost.
  • n. A state of difficulty or want; a condition of distress or need.
  • n. Command; requirement: as, the exigency of a writ.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
  • n. a pressing or urgent situation
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    crisis   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pressure    emergency    crisis    necessity    distress   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    vicissitudes    hardship    necessity    peril    continuance   
     
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