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exigent

/'/E/ks/I//dZ//@/nt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Exacting or requiring immediate aid or action; pressing; critical.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. Exigency; pressing necessity; decisive moment.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. demanding attention

    adj.all

    Examples
    Regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous.
    Synonyms clamant crying insistent instant

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. requiring precise accuracy

    adj.all

    Examples
    Became more exigent over his pronunciation.
    Synonyms exacting

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

exhumeexiccateexiccationexigenceexigencyexigendaryexigenterexigibleexiguityexiguousexileexilement

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