urgency English
Noun
(urgencies)
The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=September 24
, author=David Ornstein
, title=Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
citation
, page=
, passage=Arsenal lacked urgency and inspiration until shortly before half-time, Wheater's block denying Van Persie from close range before Walcott drilled wide.}}
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crisis English
Noun
(crises)
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
{{der3, crisis management
, currency crisis
, financial crisis
, economic crisis
, international crisis
, identity crisis
, existential crisis
, personal crisis
, psychological crisis
, midlife crisis
, quarter-life crisis}}
Related terms
* critic
* critical
* criticize
* critique
* criterion
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