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say it: EK-si-juhnt
exigent is an adjective meaning "demanding attention". It is pronounced /ˈɛksɪdʒənt/ — EK-si-juhnt. It carries 2 recorded senses.
demanding attention
“clamant needs”
“a crying need”
“regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous”
“insistent hunger”
“an instant need”
requiring precise accuracy
“an exacting job”
“became more exigent over his pronunciation”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for exigent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.