urge1 verburge2 noun
urgeurge1 /ɜːdʒ $ ɜːrdʒ/ ●●○ W3 verb [transitive] 
WORD ORIGINurge1
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin urgereVERB TABLE
urge
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | urge |
| he, she, it | urges | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | urged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have urged |
| he, she, it | has urged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had urged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will urge |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have urged |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am urging |
| he, she, it | is urging | |
| you, we, they | are urging | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was urging |
| you, we, they | were urging | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been urging |
| he, she, it | has been urging | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been urging |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be urging |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been urging |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He gave copies of the report to all those present at the meeting, urging that they read and digest its contents.
- Herrera urged patience in the negotiations.
- Police are urging drivers not to come into London this weekend.
- The company's bosses are urging full cooperation with the trade union.
- He urged newspapers not to identify criminals by religion.
- It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site.
- Lori dominated the table and Travis urged her on with a few well-chosen words.
- She had urged me to go out on my own, to start my own company.
- They urge their students to see the parallels between the lives they are studying and their own.
- This has often led him to tighten monetary policy while everybody around was urging him to ease.
- What induced them to do this is not known, but Creon urged it and Oedipus' sons consented to it.
THESAURUS
to tell someone what you think they should do, especially when you have more experience or knowledge than they do: · My lawyer advised me to plead guilty.
to advise someone about questions relating to a particular subject: · They give advice to people about loans.· Can I give you some advice?
to tell someone what you think they should do, especially in order to avoid problems: · My dad told me to talk to a teacher if I was being bullied.· I told her not to worry.
to advise someone to do something, especially after careful study of that subject: · Doctors recommend eating five portions of fruit and vegetables each day.· Current guidelines recommend that young babies should sleep on their back.
to tell someone your ideas about what they should do: · I suggested they should visit the cathedral while they’re here.
to strongly advise someone to do something: · Police have urged anyone with information about the murder to contact them.
to advise someone to do something, especially when you have special knowledge of a situation or subject: · I would strongly recommend buying a good quality bicycle rather than a cheap one.· The report recommended stricter supervision of the trade in live animals.
to tell someone that you think they should do something, especially in order to avoid problems: · We’ve been told that we should start revising early.· I told you not to drink the water here.
to strongly advise someone to do something because you think it is very important: · Her doctor has urged her to see a specialist.· Police are urging drivers not to come into London this weekend.
to say publicly that something should be done, often something that a lot of people disagree about: · In 1984, he advocated the use of force against Nicaragua.· I am surprised that dentists don’t advocate the use of fluoride tablets.
to say in an advertisement that you like a product and think that people should use it: · A lot of companies use sports stars to endorse their products.
Longman Language Activatorto advise someone to tell someone what you think they should do, especially when you have more knowledge or experience than they have: advise somebody to do something: · I advise you to think very carefully before making any decision.· All US citizens in the area have been advised to return home.advise somebody against doing something (=advise them not to do it): · Her lawyers have advised her against saying anything to the newspapers.advise somebody on/about something: · Your teacher will be able to advise you about what qualifications you will need.strongly advise: · I strongly advise you to get medical insurance if you're going skiing.advise caution/restraint/patience etc: · Health experts advise extreme caution when handling these materials.
to tell someone what you think they should do, especially when this is your own personal opinion and not the result of particular information or knowledge: · My friends keep saying I ought to learn to drive.· Her mother said she should call the police immediately.· They say you should drink at least eight glasses of water a day.
to tell someone that you think they should do something, especially in order to avoid problems: tell somebody to do something: · I told him to go and see a doctor if he was worried.tell somebody (that) they should do something: · Jimmy has told him he should keep away from the gang for the next couple of weeks.
to tell someone your ideas about what they should do, where they should go etc: · "Why not ask Dad?" he suggested.· I'm not sure which is the best wine to order. What would you suggest?suggest (that): · Sarah suggested that I should apply for this job.
to advise someone to do something, especially when you have special knowledge of a particular subject or situation: · The Forsyth Report recommended stricter supervision of the trade in live animals.· Ask your tour guide to recommend the best places to eat.recommend that: · Doctors recommend that all children be immunized against polio and tuberculosis.recommend doing something: · I would always recommend buying a good quality bicycle rather than a cheap one.strongly recommend: · I strongly recommend that you get your brakes checked before you go on a long drive.
to strongly advise someone to do something because you think it is very important: · The company's bosses are urging full cooperation with the trade union.urge somebody to do something: · Police are urging drivers not to come into London this weekend.urge that: · He gave copies of the report to all those present at the meeting, urging that they read and digest its contents.
to advise someone about a problem or subject, especially something that they have asked you about: · I'm afraid that's the only advice I can give you.give advice to somebody: · The centre gives free advice to young people who have drug problems.give somebody advice: · Can you give me some advice? I'm thinking of buying a computer.give advice on/about: · Ask your bank to give you some advice about special student packages.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry. He stifled an urge to hit her.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Scientists are urging caution in research involving genes.
I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry.· Bob resisted the urge to touch her hand.
· Her urge to travel had never been satisfied.
He stifled an urge to hit her.· The Parish council would, therefore, strongly urge your committee to refuse this application.· They strongly urge the assorted presidents, prime ministers and corporate chieftains to come without their staffs and guards.· All building society investors and financial advisers are strongly urged to check that they are getting the best rates available.· The establishment of a national asylum had been strongly urged by sundry persons and medical societies since the late 1880s.· The Starsearch returns to Derry in a few weeks, and those who missed out on this occasion are strongly urged to re-enter.· I strongly urge you to just gently dress the pasta with the sauce.· And I strongly urge them to send the tasty Kirstie to Mr Lovegrove's corner shop to get their rations.· I strongly urge him to do so, if he can reach a sensible and reasonable compromise.
NOUN· Friends of the Earth is urging local authorities to use the new laws as a means of prosecuting polluting dump sites.· She urged health authorities to carry out urgent research into the problem.
· Neither initiative had formal opposition campaigns, but both urged voters to not support the other.· Janet started a mailing and telephone campaign urging members of our chapter who could to get themselves up there for the vote.· He also initiated a staunch campaign urging retractions.
· Other central committee members urged the party to speed up its own reform and to anticipate the changes happening in the country.· The committee urged a ban on cameras, expressed in a recommendation that came to be known as Canon 35.· That cross-party committee urged a multi-million pound subsidy and other measures to save half of the pits earmarked for closure last October.· Cashman's report to the Citizens Rights Committee urged unprecedented access to official papers.
· He says it could cost some pensioners as much as £25 a week and is urging the council to think again.· She said she will urge the council to defer action on those sections of the code dealing with wetlands.· Michael Fishwick urged Darlington Council to hold the event.· Instead, Golding urged her council colleagues to put future city building projects costing $ 50 million or more on the ballot.
· It is believed to be the first time a developer has urged the Government to schedule an archaeological site.· In 1994, he was urged by his government to kill.· We urge the Government to do something about this urgently.· It was suggested that we urge government to spend more money on our children, and I do so daily.· I urge the Government to continue to resist the idea of more regulations being attached to employees.· He urged the Government to listen to the representations of the 60,000 people of the Down area seeking a new hospital.· He urged the Government to call in the army to help to incinerate slaughtered animals.· A draft urged governments to tax up the price of tobacco to discourage its use.
· And the Council of Mortgage Lenders urged all members to consider following suit.· Janet started a mailing and telephone campaign urging members of our chapter who could to get themselves up there for the vote.· He urged members of the public to contact the council if there were any ugly advertising boards they wanted removed.· As I constantly urge members - your signature is your most precious possession.· He urged members to go to their Divisions and put forward more prospective tutors.· Now the Darlington Association on Disability has urged members to monitor the effects of the ban.
· Seat makers Klippan urged parents who have bought the seats since November 1 to contact the company.· We urge parents to plan ahead for postpartum home help.· He urged parents and churches to join a crusade against crime.· She asked for identification and we'd urge all parents to do the same.
· Other central committee members urged the party to speed up its own reform and to anticipate the changes happening in the country.· He urged state party leaders to work hard to win back Congress for the Democrats.· Feigning fatigue, we urge a baffled party to evacuate before the witching hour.
· Top people in the White House urged the President to cancel the manned programme.· They strongly urge the assorted presidents, prime ministers and corporate chieftains to come without their staffs and guards.· Johnson urged the President to continue.· That was a particularly black day for those of us who had urged the President to take on the Chief at Interior.· On the basis of this analysis of the problem, I urged the President to stay strong in dealing with Gorbachev.
· The Royal College's report urges families to become involved, but this conflicts with the client's right to confidentiality.· As a starter the Gaither Report urged an increase in defense spending to $ 48 billion.· The report urges the Bank to co-operate with other organizations to build an agenda for sustainable exploitation of rainforest reserves.· According to sources, the report urges paramilitary groups to commit themselves to exclusively democratic means and to total disarmament.· The report urges greater coherence in research planning and co-ordination between the various funders.· Dealing: The report urges much tougher sanctions on the suppliers of all illegal drugs.· The report urges consumers to start demanding value for money, but music lovers are sceptical about what they can achieve.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► animal urges/instincts etc
1to strongly suggest that someone does somethingurge somebody to do something- And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change.
- Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner.
- Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so.
- Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson.
I got a note from Moira urging me to get in touch.urge that He urged that a referendum should be held by December.urge something on/upon somebody I have urged upon him the need for extreme secrecy. The charity urged quick action.► see thesaurus at advise, recommend2[always + adverb/preposition] formal to make someone or something move by shouting, pushing them etcurge somebody/something forward He urged her forward, his hand under her elbow.urge somebody into/towards something She began urging him towards the front door.urge somebody ↔ on phrasal verb to encourage a person or animal to work harder, go faster etc: Urged on by the crowd, the Italian team scored two more goals.urge1 verburge2 noun
urgeurge2 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- He was fighting the urge to drink as he waited for her to come down.
- I felt a sudden urge to tell him all my problems.
- sexual urges
- She was seized with the urge to drag Alice from her chair and shake her.
- Sheena resisted the urge to get in her car and go home.
- Bedford felt the urge to have a go but suppressed it.
- Behavioral modification is often used for women with urge incontinence.
- But the urge to indulge, never rational, never completely disappears.
- If you have the same urge for desert places - go now.
- More crudely, they are written off as a rampaging mob, victim to primitive urges or the machinations of conspirators.
- Most individuals experience the urge to defecate on morning awakening and after meals, when colonic motility is known to peak.
Longman Language Activatora sudden feeling of wanting something
a sudden strong feeling that you want to do something, especially a feeling that is difficult to control: urge to do something: · She was seized with the urge to drag Alice from her chair and shake her.feel/have an urge: · I felt a sudden urge to tell him all my problems.fight an urge (=try not to do something): · He was fighting the urge to drink as he waited for her to come down.resist an urge (=not do something, even though you want to): · Sheena resisted the urge to get in her car and go home.
a sudden feeling that you would like to do something, especially when this is not sensible or when there is no reason at all to do it: · I don't know why I bought it. I suppose it was just a whim.do something on a whim (=do something because you feel a whim): · I went to visit her on a whim.
a sudden strong desire to do something before thinking about whether it is the right or sensible thing to do: · My first impulse was to go straight to Henry and tell him my news, but on reflection I thought better of it.· He has to learn to control his violent impulses.on (an) impulse (=because you feel an impulse): · It was an outfit that I had bought on impulse, and never worn.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry. He stifled an urge to hit her.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The urge was too strong to resist.
(=very strong)· I was overcome by an irresistible urge to laugh.
· She fought back the sudden urge to beg his forgiveness.
· Most of us feel the biological urge to reproduce.
(=a natural urge that all people have)· Every animal has an instinctive urge to survive.
verbs· I still sometimes feel an urge to have a cigarette.
· She had to resist a constant urge to look back over her shoulder.
(=do want you feel you want to do)· He satisfied his urge to travel by going to India.
(=do what you feel you want to do, when this is wrong)· I try not to give in to the urge to gossip.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· Scientists are urging caution in research involving genes.
I was overcome by an irresistible urge to cry.· Bob resisted the urge to touch her hand.
· Her urge to travel had never been satisfied.
He stifled an urge to hit her.· As soon as they sit down and relax again, this irresistible urge returns.· By concentrating only on the sound, I lost the irresistible urge to hit the ball hard.· Or perhaps they felt an irresistible urge to act as Guardians of Truth.
· First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.· I can cheerfully admit that it made no impact on me apart from an overwhelming urge to be violently sick.· Their high-kitsch varnish was offset by an overwhelming urge to educate.
· A strong creative urge led him to experiment with collage, which he finds deeply satisfying.· Yet this notion was conquered by a stronger urge I could not deny.
· If you have a sudden urge to do something - as long as it can not harm you or others - act on it!· She fought back the sudden urge to run to him, to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness.· I have a sudden urge to touch her, to hold her, to tell her I know how she feels.
VERB· But I learnt to control my baser urges a long time ago.· Try to control the urge to scratch.· We must be careful in controlling our natural urges to defy musical interpreters.
· Not that any Ewing ever seemed to feel the urge.· He felt the urge to apologize, then subdued it.· She felt a hot urge to strangle the child, but controlled herself.· Even Brahmins can do self destructive things, feel unsavory urges.· But I feel full of urges.· You too might feel the urge to plow up the back yard and plant white Rhone varietals.· For once he felt no urge to share his knowledge with her.· We become drowsy and feel a keen urge to sleep.
· She fought the futile urge to draw breath.· He fought the urge to jump out of the wagon and run toward them.· Willie fought back the urge to leave, to scramble back up the embankment and join his mates as if nothing had happened.· She fought back the sudden urge to run to him, to fling herself into his arms and beg his forgiveness.· I fought down the ghastly urge coming up from my stomach.· Donaldson fought the urge to put his tongue out.· Dauntless himself was fighting an urge to doze.· She fought against the urge to bunch her left hand into a fist.
· Do teenagers whose talents have been recognised at school get the urge to smash up the premises?· I get the urge to move, now and then.· Cosmopolitans have more sophisticated tastes these days, but we still get an urge for spaghetti.· When I get like that, I get my urge to shout.
· You resist the urge to test the weight on the lid again, because by now you've forgotten how it felt before.· Corrigan resisted the urge to grab him by the arm and hold him.· Will we as lawyers use our privileged positions to extend our influence, or resist the urge to make ourselves indispensable?· But she resisted the urge to turn and glance at him and kept her eyes fixed straight ahead.· Yanto resisted the urge to rush things.· Bernice could hardly resist the urge to turn and run, but she supported Defries and retreated step by step.· With difficulty Shiona resisted the urge to phone him up at home and demand an explanation.
· She stifled an urge to brain her son with it, and instead placed it in the sink.· Jody stifles the urge to call a time-out and berate them.· Billy stifled the urge to laugh out loud.· But such policies could not stifle all urges to freedom.
· A bitter reply rose to Alexei's lips, but he suppressed the urge to utter it.· I had to suppress the urge to jump down, run after them and argue some sense into them.· He suppressed the urge to respond, to tease an answer to the question out of himself.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► animal urges/instincts etc
a strong wish or need SYN desireurge to do something- And it was from these experiments that Work place 2000 emerged as the response to a compelling need for change.
- Most women with bulimia, particularly those with a history of anorexia, have a compelling desire to be thinner.
- Such freedoms can be abridged only if the state shows it has a compelling need to do so.
- Suddenly I had a compelling urge to look at Wilkerson.
He could no longer resist the urge to go and see Amanda. Suddenly she had an overwhelming urge to be with her son.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesstrong/powerful· The urge was too strong to resist.an irresistible/uncontrollable/overwhelming urge (=very strong)· I was overcome by an irresistible urge to laugh.a sudden urge· She fought back the sudden urge to beg his forgiveness.a sexual/biological urge· Most of us feel the biological urge to reproduce.a primal/instinctive/basic/natural urge (=a natural urge that all people have)· Every animal has an instinctive urge to survive.verbsfeel/have an urge· I still sometimes feel an urge to have a cigarette.resist/fight/suppress an urge· She had to resist a constant urge to look back over her shoulder.satisfy an urge (=do want you feel you want to do)· He satisfied his urge to travel by going to India.give in to an urge (=do what you feel you want to do, when this is wrong)· I try not to give in to the urge to gossip.