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verb (used with object), urged, urg·ing.

to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.

to drive with incitement to speed or effort:to urge dogs on with shouts.

to press, push, or hasten (the course, activities, etc.): to urge one's escape.

to impel, constrain, or move to some action: urged by necessity.

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.

to press by persuasion or recommendation, as for acceptance, performance, or use; recommend or advocate earnestly: to urge a plan of action.

verb (used without object), urged, urg·ing.

to exert a driving or impelling force; give an impulse to haste or action: Hunger urges.

to make entreaties or earnest recommendations.

to press arguments or allegations, as against a person, action, or cause: The senator urged against the confirmation of the appointment.

noun

an act of urging; impelling action, influence, or force; impulse.

an involuntary, natural, or instinctive impulse: the sex urge.

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Origin of urge

First recorded in 1550–60, urge is from the Latin word urgēre to press, force, drive, urge

OTHER WORDS FROM urge

urg·ing·ly, adverb o·ver·urge, verb, o·ver·urged, o·ver·urg·ing. un·urged, adjective un·urg·ing, adjective

Words nearby urge

Urewe, Urey, Urfa, Urfé, Urga, urge, urge incontinence, Urgel, urgency, urgency incontinence, urgent

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021

Words related to urge

appetite, compulsion, craving, impulse, itch, longing, lust, passion, weakness, yearning, advise, advocate, ask, commend, compel, endorse, exhort, favor, force, implore

How to use urge in a sentence

  • The team reasoned this urge might stem from natural instincts to hunt, or from a need for cats to supplement their diet.

  • For so long, I thought, "I want a seat at the table," but now I have this urge to knock over the table.

  • The downside is you won't be able to look at an untended tree again without seeing a wayward branch and feeling the urge to fix it.

  • You have to control the urge to panic and maintain some sense of inner peace.

  • He felt an urge to return to the District for the first time after watching the inauguration on television Wednesday night.

  • I need to resist my urge to talk them into my truth, just so I can feel more comfortable and secure.

  • For instance, how do you balance honesty with any protective urge?

  • And not that anyone would know I have a self-protective urge, but I do have one.

  • On the other hand, I have an equally strong urge to tell secrets.

  • But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.

  • And I have given this tedious detail to urge and embolden others to remonstrate against it.

  • In excusing the Freedom of your Satyr, you urge that it galls no body, because nobody minds it enough to be mended by it.

  • But this is quite enough to justify the inconsiderable expense which the experiment I urge would involve.

  • The judicious father saw that it would be utterly unavailing to urge the suit, and the matter was dropped.

  • At first the girl declined to follow advice which instinctively she distrusted, and Sir Lucien was too clever to urge it upon her.

British Dictionary definitions for urge

verb

(tr) to plead, press, or move (someone to do something) we urged him to surrender

(tr; may take a clause as object) to advocate or recommend earnestly and persistently; plead or insist on to urge the need for safety

(tr) to impel, drive, or hasten onwards he urged the horses on

(tr) archaic, or literary to stimulate, excite, or incite

noun

a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning

Word Origin for urge

C16: from Latin urgēre

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Urge Definition in a Sentence

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