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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•mer•gen•cy /ɪˈmɜrdʒənsi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -cies. - a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected event or happening requiring immediate action:In an emergency, call the doctor.
See -merg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•mer•gen•cy (i mûr′jən sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies, adj. n. - a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
- a state, esp. of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event:a weather emergency; a financial emergency.
adj. - granted, used, or for use in an emergency:an emergency leave; emergency lights.
- Medieval Latin ēmergentia, equivalent. to ēmerg- (see emerge) + -entia -ency. See emergent
- 1625–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged exigency, extremity, pinch, quandary, plight. Emergency, crisis, straits refer to dangerous situations. An emergency is a situation demanding immediate action:A power failure created an emergency in transportation.A crisis is a vital or decisive turning point in a condition or state of affairs, and everything depends on the outcome of it:Help arrived when affairs had reached a crisis.Strait (usually straits) suggests a pressing situation, often one of need or want:The family was in desperate straits for food and clothing.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: emergency /ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)- an unforeseen or sudden occurrence, esp of a danger demanding immediate remedy or action
- (as modifier): an emergency exit
- a patient requiring urgent treatment
- (as modifier): an emergency ward
- state of emergency ⇒ a condition, declared by a government, in which martial law applies, usually because of civil unrest or natural disaster
- NZ a player selected to stand by to replace an injured member of a team; reserve
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