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Definitions: Exigent |
ExigentAdjective1. Demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need". 2. Requiring precise accuracy; "an exacting job"; "became more exigent over his pronunciation". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exigent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references) |
Synonyms: ExigentSynonyms: clamant (adj), crying (adj), exacting (adj), insistent (adj), instant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Discontent | Adjective: discontented; dissatisfied; Verb: unsatisfied, ungratified; dissident; dissentient; malcontent, malcontented, exigent, exacting, hypercritical. |
Requirement | Urgent, exigent, pressing, instant, crying, absorbing. |
Severity | Adjective: severe; strict, hard, harsh, dour, rigid, stiff, stern, rigorous, uncompromising, exacting, exigent, exigeant, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, austere, hard-headed, hard-nosed, hard-shell, relentless, Spartan, Draconian, stringent, strait-laced, searching, unsparing, iron-handed, peremptory, absolute, positive, arbitrary, imperative; coercive; tyrannical, extortionate, grinding, withering, oppressive, inquisitorial; inclement; (ruthless) a; cruel; (malevolent); haughty, arrogant; precisian. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exigent |
| English words defined with "exigent": clamant, crying ♦ exacting ♦ insistent, instant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "exigent": Exigible. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Exigent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (demand), Romanian (exacting, fastidious, over-particular). |
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| "Exigent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exigent" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Exigent International, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
exigent | 14 |
circumstances exigent | 3 |
depot.htm exigent net | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exigent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | urgjent (clamant, express, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كثير المطالب (demanding, exacting), ملح (corn, cure, demanding, imperative, imperious, importunate, importune, insistent, insisting, interfering, obsessive, pertinacious, pressing, salt, stringent, urgent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който не търпи отлагане, взискателен (choosey, exact, exacting, fastidious, nice, rigorous, strict), неотложен (clamorous, immediate, instant, necessitous, pressing, urgent), придричив (choice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 紧急 (Emergent, impending, urgency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | naléhavý (burning, dire, emergent, exhortative, immediate, imperative, importunate, insistent, instant, of great importance, pressing, stringent, urgent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | exigeant (exacting), urgent, pressant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zwingend (bludgeoning, coercible, coercing, coercive, cogent, cogently, compellable, compelling, compellingly, compulsive, compulsively, conclusive, constraining, forcible, forcibly, forcing, imperative, mandatory, necessary, unassailable, urgent), streng (absolute, absolutely, astringent, austere, draconic, exacting, forbidding, hardly, harsh, heavy, intense, iron, pungent, rigid, rigorous, severe, severely, sour, stern, sternly, stiff, strict, strictly, stringent, stringently, tangy), gestreng, dringend (a matter of urgency, badly, compelling, compellingly, crying, desperately, imperative, imperatively, pressing, sorely, strenuous, strong, urgent, urgently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επείγων (instant, pressing, strenuous, urgent), απαιτητικόσ (exacting, pretentious, stickler for). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תובע י (claiming, demanding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sürgős (express, express delivery, immediate, imperious, importunate, instant, press of business), követelődző (pretentious, shrill), égető (acute, burner, burning, caustic, searing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | esigente (demanding, exacting, exactingly, finicky, fussy, particular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 緊要 (important, momentous, urgent, vital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | き"よう (Friday, important, momentous, urgent, vital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | presserende. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exigentay exigente (critical, demanding, exaction, nice, picky, rigorous, select), emergência (braird, emergence, emergency, need, shooting). (various references) urgent (clamorous, early, emergent, fast, grave, immediate, immediately, imperious, importunate, instant, pressing, special, urgent), pretenţios (affected, cavilling, choosey, exacting, fastidious, finical, important, inkhorn, particular, pretentious, prim, puffy, sophomoric). (various references) требовательный (demanding, exacting, picky). (various references) neodložan, hitan (emergency, express, fleet, hasty, imperative, must, pressing, rush, urgent). (various references) exigente (demanding, exacting, fussy, particular, strict). (various references) krävande (demanding, exacting, hard, taxing). (various references) ฉุกเฉิน. (various references) zorlayıcı (coercive, compelling, compulsive, compulsory, drastic, high pressure, insistent, stringent), titiz (careful, choosy, cleanly, critical, dainty, demanding, difficult, exact, exacting, fastidious, finical, finicking, finicky, fussy, hypercritical, jealous, jealous of, meticulous, niggling, niminy-piminy, particular, peevish, pernickety, picky, rigorous, scrupulous, squeamish, touchy), müşkülpesent (choosy, demanding, difficult, exacting, fastidious, particular, picky), acil (crying, direful, immediate, importunate, insistent, instant, pressing, urgent). (various references) вимогливий (exacting, severe, strict), невідкладний (pressing, speedy). (various references) khẩn cấp (urgent), hay yêu sách, cấp thiết hay đòi hỏi, cấp bách (burning, imperative, imperious, instant, pressing, rush), đòi hỏi quá đáng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exigent": exigently. (additional references) | |
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"Exigent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eligent, Eriugena, Ewigen, exibent, exigeant, exigents, exigo, exitent, Sexagene. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exigent" (pronounced e"ksijunt) |
| 5 | -i j u n t | diligent, indigent. |
| 4 | -j u n t | agent, argent, astringent, cogent, contingent, convergent, detergent, divergent, emergent, indulgent, insurgent, intelligent, intransigent, negligent, pageant, pungent, reagent, Regent, resurgent, sergeant, stringent, tangent, urgent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, convalescent, convenient, convent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indignant, indolent, inducement, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, integument, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-i-n-t-x" | |
-1 letter: teeing. | |
-2 letters: exine, genet, genie, tenge, tinge. | |
-3 letters: exit, gene, gent, gien, next, nite, nixe, teen, tine, ting. | |
-4 letters: eng, gee, gen, get, gie, gin, git, nee, net, nit, nix, tee, teg, ten, tie, tin. | |
-5 letters: en, et, ex, in, it, ne, ti, xi. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-g-i-n-t-x" | |
+1 letter: exerting, telexing. | |
+2 letters: excepting, excreting, executing, exempting, exigently, expecting, experting, exsecting, exserting, extending. | |
+3 letters: coexerting, excerpting, execrating, expediting, generatrix, pretexting. | |
+4 letters: coextending, exonerating, expertizing, extenuating, extermining, exuberating, preexisting, reexporting, retexturing. | |
+5 letters: exacerbating, exactingness, exaggerating, exaggeration, exasperating, exenterating, exsanguinate, extinguished, extinguisher, extinguishes, letterboxing, overexciting, overexerting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 69 67 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- .. --. . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01101001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x i g e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0069 0067 0065 006E 0074 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39907573718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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