emergency

Meaning of emergency

noun
  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
    Cardiac arrest is an emergency and if you find someone in cardiac arrest you should call 999 immediately.
  2. The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
  3. An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
  4. The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.

Information about emergency

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of emergency is: emergencies.
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Hyphenation of emergency

emer-gency

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • emergency is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

emergency synonyms

Meaning exigency:

exigency, pinch

Meaning :

casualty

Translation of emergency

Words that rhyme with emergency

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