urge

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
urge

Plural
urges

  1. (countable) An urge is a want to do something.
    After watching the basketball game, he had an urge to play too.

Verb[change]

Plain form
urge

Third-person singular
urges

Past tense
urged

Past participle
urged

Present participle
urging

  1. (transitive) To urge something is to press or push it forward.
    He urged me to go play basketball with him.
    I'm urging you to go with me.

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