urgency

Probably from urgent +‎ -cy.[1]

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɜː.d͡ʒən.si/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənsi

urgency (countable and uncountable, plural urgencies)

1. The quality or condition of being urgent.

   the urgency of a demand

   • 2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.

2. Insistence, pressure, urge.

   I have this sudden urgency to use the toilet.

3. (medicine) A sudden and compelling need to urinate that is difficult to defer, associated with conditions such as urinary tract infections and overactive bladder.

• exigency
• clamancy

• “urgency”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.