exigency

exigency
Synonyms and related words:
case of need, climacteric, clutch, compulsion, constraint, contingency, convergence of events, crisis, critical juncture, critical point, crossroads, crucial period, crunch, demandingness, dire necessity, drive, emergency, exigence, extremity, high pressure, hinge, immediacy, imperative, imperativeness, importunacy, importunateness, importunity, impulse, impulsion, insistence, matter of necessity, pass, persistence, pertinaciousness, pertinacity, pinch, predicament, press, pressingness, pressure, push, rash impulse, rub, strait, stress, tension, turn, turning, turning point, urge, urgency, urgent need

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  • Exigency — Ex i*gen*cy, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] 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. The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • exigency — ex·i·gen·cy / ek sə jən sē, ik si jən sē/ n pl cies 1: that which is required in a particular situation usu. used in pl. 2 a: the quality or state of being exigent b: a state of affairs that makes urgent demands Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… …   Law dictionary

  • exigency — UK [ˈeksɪdʒ(ə)nsɪ] / UK [ɪɡˈzɪdʒ(ə)nsɪ] / US [ˈeksɪdʒənsɪ] / US [ɪɡˈzɪdʒənsɪ] or exigence UK [ˈeksɪdʒ(ə)ns] / US [ˈeksɪdʒəns] noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms exigency : singular exigency plural exigencies formal something difficult… …   English dictionary

  • exigency — 1580s, from M.Fr. exigence, from L. exigentia urgency, from L. exigentem (nom. exigens), from exigere to demand, require; drive out (see EXACT (Cf. exact) (v.)). Related: Exigencies (1650s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • exigency — 1 pass, emergency, pinch, strait, crisis, contingency, juncture Analogous words: difficulty, vicissitude, rigor, hardship: *predicament, plight, fix, quandary, dilemma, jam, pickle, scrape 2 necessity, *need Analogous words: demanding or demand,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • exigency — / exigence [n] difficulty; demand acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, criticalness, crossroad, demandingness, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, imperativeness, jam, juncture, necessity, need, needfulness,… …   New thesaurus

  • exigency — (also exigence) ► NOUN (pl. exigencies) ▪ urgent need or demand. ORIGIN Latin exigentia, from exigere complete, ascertain, enforce …   English terms dictionary

  • exigency — [eks′əjənseks′ə jən sē; ] also [ eg zij′ənsē, igzij′ən sē] n. pl. exigencies [ML exigentia] 1. the condition or quality of being exigent; urgency 2. a situation calling for immediate action or attention 3. [pl.] pressing needs; demands;… …   English World dictionary

  • exigency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1581 1. that which is required in a particular situation usually used in plural < exceptionally quick in responding to the exigencies of modern warfare D. B. Ottaway > 2. a. the quality or state of being exigent b. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • exigency — /ek si jeuhn see, ig zij euhn /, n., pl. exigencies. 1. exigent state or character; urgency. 2. Usually, exigencies. the need, demand, or requirement intrinsic to a circumstance, condition, etc.: the exigencies of city life. 3. a case or… …   Universalium

  • exigency — noun 1) the exigencies of the continuing war Syn: need, demand, requirement, necessity 2) financial exigency Syn: urgency, crisis, difficulty, pressure …   Thesaurus of popular words

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