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- Dictionaryurge/əːdʒ/
verb
- 1. try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something: "he urged her to come and stay with us"
noun
- 1. a strong desire or impulse: "he felt the urge to giggle"
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URGE definition: 1. a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control: 2. to strongly advise…. Learn more.
1. : to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly. his conviction was upheld on a theory never urged at his … trial Leon Friedman. 2. : to undertake the accomplishment of with energy, swiftness, or enthusiasm. urge the attack. 3. a. : solicit, entreat. urged him to keep trying. b. : to serve as a motive or reason for.
urge. ( ɜːdʒ) vb. 1. ( tr) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something): we urged him to surrender. 2. ( tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on: to urge the need for safety.
As a noun, urge means a desire. As a verb, it means to strongly encourage. Urge is related to the word, urgent, or 'pressing.'. An urge is a pressing want, one that is almost a compulsion, like when you're so frustrated, you have the urge to scream.
noun. an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse. an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.
to recommend something strongly. urge something The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution. EU foreign ministers urged an independent inquiry into allegations of human rights violations. urge something on/upon somebody The prime minister is urging restraint on Washington.
verb. 1. (transitive) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something) we urged him to surrender. 2. (tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on. to urge the need for safety. 3. (transitive) to impel, drive, or hasten onwards.
to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing: [ + to infinitive ] Lawyers will urge the parents to take further legal action. [ + that ] Investigators urged that safety procedures at the site should be improved. Police urged continued vigilance in the fight against crime.
urge something (on/upon somebody) to recommend something strongly The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution. urge somebody/something + adv./prep. (formal) to make a person or an animal move more quickly and/or in a particular direction, especially by pushing or forcing them He urged his horse forward.
Definition of urge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
