Sekirov Dictionary

urge

UK /ɜːd͡ʒ/US /ɝd͡ʒ/

verb 8
noun 1
forms 6
phrases 1

verb8

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to press someone strongly to do something, by asking again and again
- My boss urged me to reconsider my decision to leave the company, even offering a pay rise.
•
To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- Lo hapless Tydeus, whose ill-fated hand / Had slain his brother, leaves his native land, / And seized with horror in the shades of night, / Through the thick deserts headlong urged his flight[…] — 1703
To press onward or forward.
To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.
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To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- Man ? and for ever ? wretch ! what wouldst thou have ? / Heir urges heir, like wave impelling wave. — 1744
To provoke; to exasperate.
(no longer used) To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.

noun1

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A strong desire to do something.
- After seeing the advert for a soft drink, I had a sudden urge to buy a bottle.
- sexual urges

forms

urged · urgedst · urging · urges · urgeth · urgest

Phrases with urge

urge on
to encourage; motivate; to offer encouragement to.

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