📢urge

verb
/ɜːrdʒ/

Meaning

to strongly encourage or try to persuade someone to do something

Example Sentences

Doctors urge patients to exercise regularly.

Example Expressions

urge on

Synonyms

encourage, persuade, push, prompt, exhort

Antonyms

dissuade, discourage, prevent

Collocations

urge someone, urge action, urge caution, strong urge

More Example Sentences

She’s unlikely to cancel unless something urgent happens.

I'm afraid I can't meet you. Something urgent has come up.

Hello, I'm here to visit my brother. His name is Rahim. He's admitted at the Surgery Ward.

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him while he sits in a comfortable chair

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him while he sits in a comfortable chair and the whole procedure takes less than fifteen minutes

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him while he sits in a comfortable chair and the whole procedure takes less than fifteen minutes leaving him feeling slightly tired but very proud

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him while he sits in a comfortable chair and the whole procedure takes less than fifteen minutes leaving him feeling slightly tired but very proud because he knows his donation could save someone's life

A man donates blood for the first time at a mobile clinic parked outside his office after reading a poster about the urgent need for donors and a friendly nurse explains the process to him while he sits in a comfortable chair and the whole procedure takes less than fifteen minutes leaving him feeling slightly tired but very proud because he knows his donation could save someone's life and he promises to come back and donate again in three months.

Related Vocabularies

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to move quickly and suddenly; to strike or break something violently
To take part in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
to deceive or trick someone into believing something false; to make someone appear foolish
To acknowledge a significant or happy day or event with a social gathering or enjoyable activity.

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