exigency C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas US /ˈɛɡzəd͡ʒənsi/ UK /ˈɛksɪd͡ʒənsi/ See IPA manual Freq #207688 Meanings 1 noun a pressing or urgent situation The health-care exigency. 2 noun The demands or requirements of a situation. My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies. 3 noun a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action 4 noun An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. Thesaurus Synonyms 3 noun · a sudden unforeseen crisis... emergency More exigencenecessityurgency Word family Forms exigence Related forms exigentexigenterexiguityexiguous Etymology From Middle French exigence, from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exigēns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”). Topics Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # exigency **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɛɡzəd͡ʒənsi/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɛksɪd͡ʒənsi/ **Frequency rank:** 207688 ## Meanings 1. a pressing or urgent situation 2. The demands or requirements of a situation. 3. a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action 4. An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention. ## Examples - The health-care exigency. - My business is with you, and you only. You should not have undertaken your office, unless prepared for its various exigencies. ## Synonyms - exigence - necessity - urgency ## Related Forms - exigent - exigenter - exiguity - exiguous ## Etymology From Middle French exigence, from Late Latin exigentia (“urgency”) (from exigēns + -ia), from exigere (“to demand”). ## Topics - Abstract Ideas - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown