urge

Definition

Examples

We urge all employees to submit their timesheets by Friday.

Word Family

Synonyms

• encouragecontribute to the progress or growth of
• pressthe state of demanding notice or attention
• exhortspur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Collocations

• Easy urge a friend to hurry
  to urge a friend to hurry, meaning to force or impel in an indicated direction
• Medium urge employees to follow safety protocols
  to urge employees to follow safety protocols, meaning to force or impel in an indicated direction
• Hard urge international consensus on carbon reduction
  to urge international consensus on carbon reduction, meaning to force or impel in an indicated direction
• Very Hard resist the insidious urge to usurp sovereign prerogatives
  to resist the insidious urge to usurp sovereign prerogatives, meaning to elude, especially in a baffling way