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A&E

/eɪ(ə)n(d)ˈiː/

A&E proper noun: the accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital. Also the initialism of Arts and Entertainment.

Proper noun

A&E

  1. (Commonwealth, UK) The accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.
    • It is too soon to measure the impact of Hubbard’s work on hospital admission figures. But a practice frailty nurse helped reduce A&E attendances and admissions by 54% and GP home visit requests by 81%.2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian

Also used as

A&E is also the initialism of Arts and Entertainment.

Forms of A&E

alternative formA & E
alternative formA and E

Words that rhyme with A&E

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Questions about A&E

What does A&E mean?
A&E means the accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.
What part of speech is A&E?
A&E is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce A&E?
A&E is pronounced /eɪ(ə)n(d)ˈiː/.

Words near A&E in the dictionary

  1. a yard of pump water
  2. a year and a day
  3. A"H
  4. A&A
  5. A&B
  6. A&E
  7. A&M
  8. A&O
  9. A&O assessment
  10. A&P
  11. A&R

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