exigent

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/ UK /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
requiring immediate action; pressing or demanding

The exigent circumstances forced an emergency evacuation.

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Synonyms

1 adj · requiring immediate action;... pressing urgent critical demanding imperative crucial acute

Opposites

unimportant trivial leisurely relaxed

Word family

Derived forms exigency exigence

Related forms exact exaction exigence

Etymology

From Latin exigens, present participle of exigere ('to drive out, demand, require'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive, do').

exigere Latin agere Latin

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# exigent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈɛksɪdʒənt
**IPA (UK):** ˈɛksɪdʒənt

## Meanings
1. requiring immediate action; pressing or demanding

## Examples
- The exigent circumstances forced an emergency evacuation.

## Synonyms
- pressing
- urgent
- critical
- demanding
- imperative
- crucial
- acute

## Antonyms
- unimportant
- trivial
- leisurely
- relaxed

## Derived Forms
- exigency
- exigence

## Related Forms
- exact
- exaction
- exigence

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exigere
- Root: agere

## Etymology
From Latin exigens, present participle of exigere ('to drive out, demand, require'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive, do').

## AI Etymology
Exigent comes from Latin exigens, present participle of exigere ('to drive out, demand, require'), from ex- ('out') + agere ('to drive, do'). The etymological trail includes Latin exigere and Latin agere. As an adjective, exigent describes what is requiring immediate action; pressing or demanding. The same family is visible in derived forms such as exigency and exigence and related forms such as exact, exaction, and exigence. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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