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e⋅mer⋅gen⋅cy
[i-mur-juh
n-see] 
noun, plural -cies, adjective –noun
| 1. | a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action. |
| 2. | a state, esp. of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event: a weather emergency; a financial emergency. |
–adjective
| 3. | granted, used, or for use in an emergency: an emergency leave; emergency lights. |
Synonyms:
1. exigency, extremity, pinch, quandary, plight. Emergency, crisis, straits refer to dangerous situations. An emergency is a situation demanding immediate action: A power failure created an emergency in transportation. A crisis is a vital or decisive turning point in a condition or state of affairs, and everything depends on the outcome of it: Help arrived when affairs had reached a crisis. Strait (usually straits) suggests a pressing situation, often one of need or want: The family was in desperate straits for food and clothing.
1. exigency, extremity, pinch, quandary, plight. Emergency, crisis, straits refer to dangerous situations. An emergency is a situation demanding immediate action: A power failure created an emergency in transportation. A crisis is a vital or decisive turning point in a condition or state of affairs, and everything depends on the outcome of it: Help arrived when affairs had reached a crisis. Strait (usually straits) suggests a pressing situation, often one of need or want: The family was in desperate straits for food and clothing.
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Emergency
E*mer"gen*cy\, n.; pl. Emergencies. [See Emergence.]1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. --Glanvill. 2. An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose. --Swift. A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies. --Brougham. Syn: Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.
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Language Translation for : emergency
Spanish:
emergencia,
German:
der Notfall,
Japanese:
緊急事態
Main Entry: emer·gen·cy
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
1 : an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action
2 : an urgent need for assistance or relief emergency>
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Main Entry: emer·gen·cy
Pronunciation: i-'m&r-j&n-sE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -cies
: an unforeseencombination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action: as a : a sudden bodily alteration (as a ruptured appendix or surgical shock) such as is likely torequire immediate medical attention b : a usually distressing event or condition that can often be anticipated or prepared for but seldom exactly foreseen
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