urge

/ɜːdʒ/ verb [T]

Translation

urge sb to do sth › to try to persuade someone to do something

ikna etmek, ısrar etmek, zorlamak, sıkıştırmak, üstelemek

His parents urged him to go to university.1160

› formal to strongly advise an action

ısrarla tavsiye etmek

Financial experts are urging caution.1160

urge sb on phrasal verb

› to encourage someone to do or achieve something

teşvik etmek, yüreklendirmek

The crowd was cheering and urging her on.1870

(Definition of urge verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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