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- Dictionaryurge/ərj/
verb
- 1. try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something: "he urged her to come and stay with us"
noun
- 1. a strong desire or impulse: "the urge for revenge"
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The meaning of URGE is to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly. How to use urge in a sentence.
to strongly advise or try to persuade someone to do a particular thing: [ + to infinitive ] Lawyers will urge the parents to take further legal action. [ + that ] Investigators urged that safety procedures at the site should be improved. Police urged continued vigilance in the fight against crime.
noun. an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse. an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.
An urge is a pressing want, one that is almost a compulsion, like when you're so frustrated, you have the urge to scream. If you urge someone to do something, you feel strongly about it. You might urge a friend to wear an orange shirt not because you happen to like orange, but because they're walking in the woods during hunting season.
URGE meaning: 1. a strong wish, especially one that is difficult or impossible to control: 2. to strongly advise…. Learn more.
Definition of urge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. 1. (transitive) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something) we urged him to surrender. 2. (tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on. to urge the need for safety. 3. (transitive) to impel, drive, or hasten onwards.
to endeavor to induce or persuade, as by entreaties; entreat or exhort earnestly: to urge a person to greater caution. to press (something) upon the attention: to urge a claim. to insist on, allege, or assert with earnestness: to urge the need of haste.
urge (formal) to recommend something strongly: The situation is dangerous, and the UN is urging caution. Patterns. to recommend/advise/urge that… It is recommended/advised >that…> to advise/urge somebody to do something; to strongly recommend/advise/advocate somebody/something
Definition of urge noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
