The meaning of URGE is to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly. How to use urge in a sentence.

（尤指難以或無法控制的）慾望，衝動, 敦促, 驅策… （尤指难以或无法控制的）欲望，冲动, 敦促, 驱策… impulso, instar a alguien a hacer algo, pedir con insistencia… ímpeto, impulso, anseio…

（尤指難以或無法控制的）慾望，衝動, 敦促, 驅策… （尤指难以或无法控制的）欲望，冲动, 敦促, 驱策… impulso, instar a alguien a hacer algo, pedir con insistencia… ímpeto, impulso, anseio…

to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action the public service announcement urges pet owners to spay or neuter their pets

Urge is related to the word, urgent, or 'pressing.' An urge is a pressing want, one that is almost a compulsion, like when you're so frustrated, you have the urge to scream. If you urge someone to do something, you feel strongly about it.

If you have an urge to do or have something, you have a strong wish to do or have it. He had an urge to open a shop of his own.

Definition of urge verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you urge someone to do something, you try hard to persuade them to do it. They urged Congress to approve plans for their reform program. If you urge someone somewhere, you make them go there by touching them or talking to them. He slipped his arm around her waist and urged her away from the window.

urge something (on/upon somebody) to recommend something strongly The situation is dangerous and the UN is urging caution. urge somebody/something + adv./prep. (formal) 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.

Synonyms for URGES: encourages, exhorts, prompts, nudges, goads, coaxes, prods, pushes; Antonyms of URGES: discourages, deters, inhibits, dissuades, brakes, restrains, curbs, constrains