Plural of emergency
regular plural
The plural of emergency is emergencies.
Forms of emergency
| Singular | emergency /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | emergencies /ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.siːz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Emergencies in a sentence
- They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.From the entry stash
- I keep a can of fuel for emergencies.From the entry can
- I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies.From the entry keep
- She kept a savings to safeguard against debt and emergencies.From the entry safeguard
- The smaller cross-passages between the two running tunnels are for use in emergencies.2023 December 13, “Network News: HS2 makes good progress on emergency cross-passages... and continues tunnelling from Old Oak Common to…. From the entry mini excavator
Meaning of emergency
- noun A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
- noun The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
- noun A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
Questions about the plural of emergency
- What is the plural of emergency?
- The plural of emergency is emergencies.
- Is emergency countable?
- Emergency is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emergency (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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