emergency
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
Noun 4 meanings
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
“Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.”
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
Etymology
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.
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EMERGENCY at a glance
EMERGENCY has 9 letters and scores 17 points in Scrabble (E 1 + M 3 + E 1 + R 1 + G 2 + E 1 + N 1 + C 3 + Y 4) and 20 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,887 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with emergency
All rhymes- AGENCY12
- EFFICIENCY23
- CURRENCY15
- FREQUENCY26
- FANCY13
- PREGNANCY17
- PRESIDENCY18
- NANCY10
- CONSISTENCY18
- TENDENCY14
- TRANSPARENCY19
- RESIDENCY15
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