urgent need
collocation in Englishmeaningsofurgentandneed
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urgent
adjective
uk/ˈɜː.dʒənt/us/ˈɝː.dʒənt/
very important and needing ...
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need
noun
uk/niːd/us/niːd/
the state of having to have something that you do not have, especially something that you must have so that you can have a ...
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(Definition ofurgentandneedfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofurgent need
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Theurgentneedto improve health care quality.
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Therefore, there is anurgentneedto restore soil fertility.
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There is anurgentneedfor a renewed discussion of form, and anurgentneedto give words to our tacit knowledge.
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The mosturgentneedis to develop this, to be able to address ambitious multidisciplinary research.
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Money raised from the rates was concentrated on meetingurgentneed.
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No longer a fable of antique curiosity, the riddle expressed theurgentneedfor reform.
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This is a point of view inurgentneedof further investigation.
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These forms are inurgentneedof revision and redescription, and are not discussed further here.
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There is, therefore, anurgentneedfor more research in this area.
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The issues of standards and goals are inurgentneedof active debate.
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Many local organisations felt nourgentneedfor regional exchange and cooperation.
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They probably only turned to their employer when they were inurgentneedof some money.
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And it is one that stands inurgentneedof an answer.
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A further question is why the policy areas concerned had suchurgentneedfor advice.
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There was anurgentneedfor a representative body, or at least one proclaimed as such.
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Theurgentneedfor more detailed studies on climate change impacts on agriculture was also highlighted.
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In 1978 theurgentneedfor day-care centers began to decline.
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They are inurgentneedof technicians, and they are inurgentneedof teachers.
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There is anurgentneedfor an effective approach to recognising and treating depression in elderly care homes.
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It is difficult to draw firm conclusions and there isurgentneedfor good quality research in this area.
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There is anurgentneedto reconsider the popular tendency to convert chlorinated swimming pools into nature-like swimming ponds.
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This underlines theurgentneedfor an internationally standardised protocol to foster its implementation into clinical practice.
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There is anurgentneedto explore thoroughly the implications of these findings as soon as possible.
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There is anurgentneedfor universities to educate a different type of architect, capable of the necessary solutions.
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