1 to advise or try hard to persuade sb to do sth:
[VNtoinf] She urged him to stay. * Police are urging anyone who saw the accident to contact them immediately. * [Vthat] The report urged that all children be taught to swim. [also Vspeech, VNspeech]
2 [VN] ~ sth (on / upon sb) to recommend sth strongly:
The situation is dangerous, but the UN is urging caution.
3 [VN+adv./prep.] (written) to make a person or an animal move more quickly and/or in a particular direction, especially by pushing or forcing them:
He urged his horse forward.
PHRASALVERBS
urge sb<->on to encourage sb to do sth or support them so that they do it better:
She could hear him urging her on as she ran past.
noun ~ (to do sth) a strong desire to do sth:
sexual / creative urges * I had a sudden urge to hit him.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for urge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is urge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, urge is tagged as verb.
Does urge appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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