Emergency Meaning
/ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
nounThe department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
Sentence Examples
What is the emergency telephone number?
Report to the emergency room.
This is a medical emergency needing urgent treatment with antibiotics.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In case of an ____, please evacuate the building immediately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please call the police immediately if there is a serious ____.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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"
— 2009, “Restless Heart Syndrome”, in 21st Century Breakdown, performed by Green Day:
"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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In case of an ____, please evacuate the building immediately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please call the police immediately if there is a serious ____.