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emergency

noun
/ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/UK/ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/US/əˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/

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.

  1. derived from emergens
  2. borrowed from emergentia

Definitions

  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

    • Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention.
    • 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.

  2. The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.

    • 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

  3. A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting…

    A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. The quality of being emergent

      The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.

    2. A critical urge to urinate or defecate.

    3. World War II as experienced in Ireland.

      • 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.

    4. the Malayan Emergency as experienced in Malaysia.

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Derived

accident and emergency, climate emergency, emergency brake, emergency cord, emergency department, emergency dispatch center, emergency entrance, emergency escape, emergency exit, emergency goalie, emergency hammer, emergency landing, emergency light, emergency location transmitter, emergency location transponder, emergency locator transmitter, emergency locator transponder, emergency man, emergency medical service, emergency medical services, emergency medical technician, emergency medicine, emergency orange, emergency parking bay, emergency passport, emergency physician, emergency position indicating radiobeacon, emergency position indicating radio-beacon, emergency position indicating radio beacon, emergency powers, emergency response, emergency room, emergency service, emergency services, emergency stairs, emergency stop, emergency transponder, emergency vehicle, emergency ward, it's an emergency · +6 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at emergency. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at emergency. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at emergency

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA