urge

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ɜːd͡ʒ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ɝd͡ʒ/

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Noun

Singular urge

Plural urges

1. (countable) An urge is a want to do something.
   • Synonym: desire

   After watching the basketball game, he had an urge to play too.

Verb

Plain form urge

Third-person singular urges

Past tense urged

Past participle urged

Present participle urging

1. (transitive) To urge something is to press or push it forward.
   • Synonyms: desire and impel

   He urged me to go play basketball with him.

   I'm urging you to go with me.

Related words

• urgent