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I urge you to check your work.
What does Urge mean?
Urge means to strongly ask or strongly want.
Dictionary definition
To urge means to strongly encourage someone to do something, and an urge is a strong wish or feeling to act.
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Urge in a sentence
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The coach urged the team to keep trying after the first mistake.
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A character's urge to tell the truth can create tension when staying silent seems easier.
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What does urge mean?
Urge can be a verb meaning strongly encourage or a noun meaning a strong wish to act.
Practice 2
Which word is closest in meaning to urge?
Encourage is close in meaning when urge is used as a verb.
Practice 3
Which word is a useful contrast for urge?
Discourage contrasts with urge because it means to try to stop someone from acting.
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Partverb, noun.
MeaningUrge means to strongly ask or strongly want.
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discourageUse when trying to stop someone from acting.
hold backUse when resisting an urge or action.
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Word family
Urge word family
Base word
urge
verb
urges
Strongly encourages.
verb
urged
Strongly encouraged.
verb
urging
Strongly encouraging now.
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Hint for students
Urge can mean strongly encourage someone, or it can name a strong feeling that pushes someone to act.
Common mix-up
Do not confuse urge with order. Urge is strong encouragement or desire, but it is not always a command.
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Write one sentence that shows urge without using the word urge. Then underline the clue words that show strong encouragement or a strong wish to act. Example: The teacher kept saying, "Please check your answer one more time before you hand it in." Clue words: kept saying, please check, one more time, before you hand it in Now try your own sentence. Ask: Does my sentence show strong encouragement or a strong wish to act?
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Ask students to explain this model sentence: "The coach urged the team to keep trying after the first mistake." Why does urge fit better than discourage?
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