Emergency

Quick meaning: Emergency is a noun meaning (sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

Meaning

(sometimes attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

More Meanings

1. The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
2. A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
3. (euphemistic) A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
4. (archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.

Example Sentences

Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• emergencies
• emergence

Synonyms for emergency

Depending on context, synonyms include ER, casualty, emerg, pinch, exigency, unscheduled.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exigency, unscheduled, pinch, urgency, urgent, urgently.

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