emergency
Syllables: e·mer·gen·cyUK/ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si//ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
emergency noun: a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Noun
emergency (plural emergencies)
- A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
- Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
- 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.2021 December 29, Dominique Louis, “Causal analysis: crashworthiness at Sandilands”, in RAIL, number 947, page 33
- The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
- 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 missing2009, “Restless Heart Syndrome”, in 21st Century Breakdown, performed by Green Day
- I've got a really bad disease
- 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
- The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
- A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
Proper noun capitalized: Emergency
- World War II as experienced in Ireland.
- Indeed, Northern Ireland held a substantial U.S. military presence for much of the war; American soldiers were by no means uncommon on the streets of some Irish towns and cities during the Emergency.2017, John Gibney, “Two Irelands”, in A Short History of Ireland, 1500–2000, New Haven: Yale University Press, →ISBN
- the Malayan Emergency as experienced in Malaysia.
emergency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
emergency in Hindi
- situation requiring urgent assistance
- आपातकाल āpātkāl
- emergency department
- आपातकालीन कक्ष āpātkālīn kakṣ
emergency in Tamil
- அவசர நிலை, நெருக்கடி நிலை, இக்கட்டு நிலை, அவசரகால நிலை, அறுந்தருணம், உடனடித் தேவை
emergency in Marathi
- situation requiring urgent assistance
- आणीबाणी āṇībāṇī
emergency in Urdu
- ہنگامی حالت
More languagesFewer languages
- emergency in Bengali
- জরুরি অবস্থা, সঙ্কট, অত্যয়, আকস্মিক ঘটনা
- emergency in Telugu
- ఎమర్జెన్సీ
- emergency in Malayalam
- അടിയന്തരാവസ്ഥ aṭiyantarāvastha, അടിയന്തരം aṭiyantaraṁ
- emergency in Kannada
- ತುರ್ತು turtu
- emergency in Punjabi
- ਐਮਰਜੈਂਸੀ
- emergency in Gujarati
- કટોકટી
- emergency in Nepali
- आपातकाल āpātkāl
- emergency in Arabic
- طَوَارِئ ṭawāriʔ, حَالَةْ اَلطَّوَارِئ ḥālat aṭ-ṭawāriʔ
- emergency in Malay
- kecemasan
- emergency in Indonesian
- darurat
- emergency in Persian
- اضطراری ezterâri, فوریت foruriyat, اورژانس uržâns
- emergency in Vietnamese
- trường hợp khẩn cấp
- emergency in Myanmar
- အရေးပေါ် a.re:pau
Examples of emergency in a sentence
- His experience showed, because he knew exactly what to do when the emergency happened.
- Regular drills can ensure that everyone knows how to exit safely in an emergency.
- I'd rather not have spent all the money, but it really was an emergency.
Synonyms of emergency
Forms of emergency
| plural | emergencies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | emergence |
Origin of emergency
Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo (“to emerge, arise, come forth”), equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency. Doublet of emergence.
Sense 2 referred to the conflict between the British and Malaysians against communist guerillas, because London-based insurers would not pay out in instances of civil wars.
Words formed from emergency
- 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 loan
- emergency location transmitter
- emergency location transponder
- emergency locator transmitter
- emergency locator transponder
- emergency man
- emergency medical service
- emergency medical services
- Emergency Medical Technician
- emergency medicine
- emergency orange
- emergency parking bay
- 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
- national emergency
- nonemergency
- peemergency
- postemergency
- state of emergency
- The Emergency
Phrases with emergency
- emergency men
- emergency cords
- emergency exits
- emergency rooms
- emergency brakes
- emergency lights
- emergency escapes
- emergency goalies
- emergency hammers
- medical emergency
- emergency landings
- emergency vehicles
14 more phrasesFewer phrases
- emergency responses
- states of emergency
- emergency physicians
- emergency departments
- emergency parking bays
- emergency transponders
- emergency medical technicians
- emergency locator transmitters
- emergency locator transponders
- emergency location transmitters
- emergency location transponders
- emergency position indicating radiobeacons
- emergency position indicating radio beacons
- emergency position indicating radio-beacons
Words that rhyme with emergency
Questions about emergency
- What does emergency mean?
- Emergency means a situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
- What is emergency in Hindi?
- Emergency in Hindi is आपातकाल (āpātkāl), आपातकालीन कक्ष (āpātkālīn kakṣ). See Emergency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emergency?
- Emergency can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce emergency?
- Emergency is pronounced /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of emergency?
- The plural of emergency is emergencies.
Words near emergency in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emergency (page history and authors); Emergency (page history and authors); emergency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emergency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emergency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emergency (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ತುರ್ತು (Kannada) (page history and authors); emergency (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emergency (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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