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exigency
noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 8
- Starts with
- E
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- XIGENC
- Scrabble score
- 21
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
Meaning
Definitions
noun
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
“he never knew what to do in an emergency”
noun
a pressing or urgent situation
“the health-care exigency”
noun
that which is required in a particular situation — usually used in plural.
“The trench maps used in the Great War resulted from the exigencies of war.”
In context
Example Sentences
he never knew what to do in an emergency
the health-care exigency
The trench maps used in the Great War resulted from the exigencies of war.
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