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emergency
[ ih-mur-juhn-see ]
noun
- a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
- a state, especially of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event:
a weather emergency; a financial emergency.
Bring him to emergency—the doctor will meet you there.
adjective
- granted, used, or for use in an emergency:
an emergency leave; emergency lights.
emergency
/ ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ /
noun
- an unforeseen or sudden occurrence, esp of a danger demanding immediate remedy or action
- ( as modifier )
an emergency exit
- a patient requiring urgent treatment
- ( as modifier )
an emergency ward
- state of emergencya condition, declared by a government, in which martial law applies, usually because of civil unrest or natural disaster
- a player selected to stand by to replace an injured member of a team; reserve
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Other Words From
- non·e·mer·gen·cy adjective noun plural nonemergencies
- post·e·mer·gen·cy adjective
- pre·e·mer·gen·cy adjective noun plural preemergencies
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Word History and Origins
Origin of emergency1
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Example Sentences
During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
Investigators will focus on whether the sudden emergency was so extreme that no degree of pilot skill would have helped.
One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.
Had they been properly trained, they could and should have flown themselves safely out of the emergency.
This suggests that the pilots were overtaken very rapidly by an emergency.
Here there is no question of emergency, or enemy pressure, or of haste; so much we see plain enough with our own eyes.
The case for emergency contractility, however, is somewhat better than the case for ordinary contractility.
I do not know whether they can be manned, but everything is being prepared for any emergency that may arise.
As long as an emergency truck could squeeze through at moderate speed, that was enough.
Sam, who was quite equal to the emergency, took old Liz into his arms and followed, but cast one glance back at Tommy.
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