How many syllables in urgency?

There are 3 syllables in the word urgency.

How to pronounce urgency:

urgency (noun):: seriousness or importance; the quality or state of being urgent insistence; the state of being urgent; an earnest and insistent necessity.

consequence

criticality

criticalness

exigency

extremity

gravity

haste

hurry

imperativeness

import

importance

importunity

insistence

insistency

instancy

magnitude

moment

momentousness

necessity

need

precedence

press

pressure

priority

seriousness

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