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What (who) is Urge - definition
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Urge (disambiguation)
urge
(urges, urging, urged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it.
They urged parliament to approve plans for their reform programme...
VERB: V n to-inf
2.
If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them.
He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window...
'Come on, Grace,' he was urging her, 'don't wait, hurry up.'
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
3.
If you urge a course of action, you strongly advise that it should be taken.
He urged restraint on the security forces...
We urge vigorous action to be taken immediately.
VERB: V n on n, V n
4.
If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it.
He had an urge to open a shop of his own...
N-COUNT: oft N to-inf
urge
v. a.
1.
Push, press, impel, drive, force onward, push on, press on.
2.
Solicit, importune, beg, entreat, beseech, implore, conjure.
3.
Incite, animate, encourage, instigate, stimulate, goad, spur.
4.
Press upon attention, present in an urgent manner.
urge
¦ verb encourage or entreat earnestly to do something.
?strongly recommend.
?encourage to move more quickly.
?(urge someone on) encourage someone to continue.
¦ noun a strong desire or impulse.
Derivatives
urging noun
Origin
C16: from L. urgere 'press, drive'.
Examples of use of Urge
1. And we call upon all governments to lower the temperature, to urge calm and to urge dialogue and not misunderstanding.
2. Both urge utter ruthlessness in crushing resistance.
3. By Barr Hayoun Two central elements of life in Israel coincide at Rosh Hashanah: the urge to shop and the urge to travel, preferably abroad.
4. Plea: Blair will urge MPs to back new security measures Tony Blair will urge Labour MPs not to rebel against key security plans.
5. At 70, he said, "When I have the urge to get back to coaching, I lie down and wait until it passes." But at 80, the urge remained.