emergency
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See also: Emergency
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo, equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency. Doublet of emergence.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/, /iˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/, /əˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
Audio (US): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/
- Hyphenation: e‧mer‧gen‧cy
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi
Noun
emergency (plural emergencies)
- A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
- Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
- The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
- 2009, “Restless Heart Syndrome”, in 21st Century Breakdown, performed by Green Day:
- I've got a really bad disease
It's got me begging on my hands and knees
So take me to emergency
Cause something seems to be missing
- A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Van Gaal responded by replacing Adnan Januzaj with Carrick and, in fairness, the emergency centre-half did exceedingly well given that he has not played since May.
- November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- (attributive) Arising from or used in an emergency.
- 2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33:
- We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.
- (archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
- (euphemistic) A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- accident and emergency
- climate emergency
- emergency brake
- emergency cord
- emergency department
- emergency dispatch center
- emergency entrance
- emergency escape
- emergency exit
- emergency goalie
- emergency hammer
- emergency landing
- emergency light
- emergency location transmitter
- emergency location transponder
- emergency locator transmitter
- emergency locator transponder
- emergency man
- emergency medical service
- emergency medical services
- Emergency Medical Technician
- emergency medical technician
- emergency medicine
- emergency orange
- emergency passport
- emergency physician
- emergency position indicating radiobeacon
- emergency position indicating radio-beacon
- emergency position indicating radio beacon
- emergency powers
- emergency response
- emergency room
- emergency service
- emergency services
- emergency stairs
- emergency stop
- emergency transponder
- emergency vehicle
- emergency ward
- it's an emergency
- state of emergency
- The Emergency
Related terms
Translations
situation requiring urgent assistance
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emergency department — see also emergency room
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