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- DictionaryUrge/ərj/
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: "the urge for revenge"
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The meaning of URGE is to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly. How to use urge in a sentence.
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.
An urge is a pressing want, one that is almost a compulsion, like when you're so frustrated, you have the urge to scream. If you urge someone to do something, you feel strongly about it. You might urge a friend to wear an orange shirt not because you happen to like orange, but because they're walking in the woods during hunting season.
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.
to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste. Synonyms: asseverate, aver. to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.
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.
Definition of urge verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste. to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.
