how to pronounce urgency

/ˈɜː.dʒən.si/

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urgency is pronounced in three syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of urgency

ɜːdʒənsi

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An example use of urgency in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… a sense of extreme urgency so you …”

meaning of urgency

Urgency means a strong feeling of need or pressure to do something quickly.

urgency frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word urgency occurs in english on average 8.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics urgency can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that urgency can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

words that rhyme with urgency

insurgencyemergency

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