English to English noun
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a pressing or urgent situation | | Example: the health-care exigency
source: wordnet30
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a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action | | Example: he never knew what to do in an emergency
source: wordnet30
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The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. | | source: webster1913
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