urge
/ɜːd͡ʒ/
noun
🇬🇧 UK
/ɜːd͡ʒ/
🇺🇸 US
/ɝd͡ʒ/
Meaning
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Meaning 1 · noun
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
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Meaning 2 · verb
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
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Meaning 3 · verb
To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
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Meaning 4 · verb
To provoke; to exasperate.
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Meaning 5 · verb
To press hard upon; to follow closely.
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Meaning 6 · verb
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
“to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case”
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Meaning 7 · verb
To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
“to urge an ore with intense heat”
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Meaning 8 · verb
To press onward or forward.
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Meaning 9 · verb
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
How this word is used
- General “to urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case”
- General “to urge an ore with intense heat”
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