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exigency - Dictionary definition and meaning for exigency

EXIGENCY

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  • (noun) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

    "he never knew what to do in an emergency"

    synonyms : emergency , pinch
    exigency
    -tagged by editor1
    Emergency
  • (noun) a pressing or urgent situation

    "the health-care exigency"

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Selected Mnemonic for exigency

  • (Tag: Global) exigency ~ exit + emergency; you remember the emergency exit, only when at the time of an urgent situation.

    added by tamaltanu

Mnemonics for exigency

Origin

  • From late Latin exigentia, from the Latin present participle stem exigent- of exigere “to demand, require” added by bimal03

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