emergency
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ɪˈmɝ.dʒən.si/
emergency (plural emergencies)
- 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.
- The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
- An individual 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
- (archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
- French: urgence, crise
- German: Notfall, Notlage, Notstand
- Italian: emergenza
- Portuguese: emergência, urgência
- Russian: чрезвычайный
- Spanish: emergencia, urgencia
- French: urgences
- Russian: реанима́ция
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