Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To force or drive forward or onward; impel.
- intransitive verb To entreat earnestly and often repeatedly; exhort.
- intransitive verb To advocate earnestly the doing, consideration, or approval of; press for.
- intransitive verb To stimulate; excite.
- intransitive verb To move or impel to action, effort, or speed; spur.
- intransitive verb To exert an impelling force; push vigorously.
- intransitive verb To present a forceful argument, claim, or case.
- noun The act of urging.
- noun An impulse that prompts action or effort.
- noun An involuntary tendency to perform a given activity; an instinct.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of urging; impulse.
- To press; impel; force onward.
- To hasten laboriously; quicken with effort.
- To press the mind or will of; serve as a motive or impelling cause; impel; constrain; spur.
- To press or ply hard with arguments, entreaties, or the like; request with earnestness; importune; solicit earnestly.
- To press upon attention; present in an earnest manner; press by way of argument or in opposition; insist on; allege in extenuation, justification, or defense: as, to
urge an argument; to urge the necessity of a case. - To ply hard in a contest or an argument; attack briskly.
- To provoke; incite; exasperate.
- To press on or forward.
- To incite; stimulate; impel.
- To make a claim; insist; persist.
- To produce arguments or proofs; make allegations; declare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- transitive verb To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- transitive verb rare To provoke; to exasperate.
- transitive verb To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- transitive verb To present in an urgent manner; to press upon attention; to insist upon
- transitive verb To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
- intransitive verb rare To press onward or forward.
- intransitive verb To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A strong
desire ; anitch to do something. - verb transitive To press; to
push ; to drive; toimpel ; to forceonward . - verb transitive To press the mind or will of; to
ply with motives,arguments ,persuasion , orimportunity . - verb transitive To
provoke ; toexasperate . - verb transitive To present in an urgent manner; to
insist upon. - verb transitive (
obsolete ): To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with; as, to urge an ore with intense heat. - verb transitive To press onward or forward.
- verb transitive To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a strong restless desire
- verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- verb force or impel in an indicated direction
- verb push for something
- noun an instinctive motive
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I won't, because I can no longer abide physicians, but the urge is there.
"Alice" readingthedark 2010
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I won't, because I can no longer abide physicians, but the urge is there.
"This is my dream. I make the path." readingthedark 2010
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Most of the time the urge is to be alone in a room, so that is why I write.
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In well managed private business which must pay dividends, the urge is always to keep personnel at a minimum.
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What we would urge is that both governments be very, very, clear that citizens are not going to be stripped of their rights and they will not be subjected to intimidation and attacked in any form of physical violence, Henry said.
US Officials : No More Time to Waste for Referenda in Sudan 2010
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The shooting led Texas public safety officials to again urge boaters to stay on the U.S. side of the 60-mile lake, five months after issuing its initial advisory following three pirate attacks.
Falcon Lake Search Continues For Man Shot On U.S.-Mexico Border AP 2010
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* Sean Smith, Utah, 6-4, 214: The usual NFL urge is to automatically move a player of this height to safety, where his size and aggressive play would certainly be an asset.
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\ When I walk to my deer stand, and the urge is over wheming, I let it fly, after I scrape the ground with my boots.
Trail Cams Lie (and Three More Lessons from a Great Deer) 2009
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Dean has to kill evil, because the urge is in his blood.
Scattershot thoughts on Supernatural karenmiller 2009
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What we would urge is that both governments be very, very, clear that citizens are not going to be stripped of their rights and they will not be subjected to intimidation and attacked in any form of physical violence, Henry said.
US Officials : No More Time to Waste for Referenda in Sudan 2010
albertoprb commented on the word urge
When writing formal written texts, polite language is used to encourage someone to do something.
I urge you to consider...
I urge you to reconsider...
I want to encourage you to...
Wouldn’t you prefer to...?
Would you consider…?
October 22, 2012