frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

his steed onward. 2 press, goad, prod, egg on, spur, prompt,
induce, incite, constrain, exhort, encourage, demand, request,
ask, plead (with), beseech, beg, entreat, importune: We've been
urging the police for months to investigate the goings-on at
that house. 3 coax, persuade, induce, prevail upon, campaign
(with), sway, influence, talk into, advise, suggest, counsel:
The agents urged them to sell their house while the market was
good. 4 argue, set forth, affirm, state, allege, assert, hold,
advise, advocate, demand: The residents urged that the planning
board should deny permission for a supermarket.
--n. 5 pressure, impetus, desire, compulsion, impulse, itch,
longing, yearning, drive, fancy, hunger, thirst, craving, Colloq
yen: We stopped because Corey felt the urge to have some
ice-cream.
urgency n. imperativeness, pressure, stress, extremity, importance,
seriousness, importunity, necessity, need, insistence, exigency,
emergency: She was told to ring back as a matter of some
urgency.
urgent adj. 1 immediate, instant, imperative, pressing, compelling,
vital, life-and-death or life-or-death, important, serious,
necessary, exigent, rush, emergency, pressing, high-priority:
There was an urgent need to do something at once, so she
screamed. 2 supplicative, begging, solicitous, earnest,
importunate, insistent, loud, clamorous, active, energetic,
pertinacious, tenacious, forceful, firm: Both parties were
urgent in pressing for tax reform.
urinate v. pass or make water, Technical micturate; Babytalk (make a)
wee, (go) wee-wee, (have a or US also take a) pee, (make)
pee-pee, do number one, tinkle, piddle; Euphemistic go to the
men's or ladies' (room), go to the lavatory, excuse (oneself),
wash (one's) hands, go to the bathroom, go to the powder-room;
Mincing go to the little boys' or girls' room; Colloq Brit spend
a penny, go to the loo, Slang (take or have a) piss, Brit have a
or go for a slash: One symptom of cystitis is pain when
urinating.
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