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What does emergency mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word emergency? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
  2. (US, Canada, often attributive) 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. (archaic) The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
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A lot of us got out and waited for the emergency services, who arrived within about ten minutes.
As well as finding you the best way from A to B, the operators can also provide an emergency and breakdown service.
People vented their fury at the police at an emergency public meeting on Monday night.
As you know, we're already starting to walk back the emergency measures we took in the crisis.
The emergency management team used portable walkie-talkies for roving reports from within the hospital to the coordination center.
Several weeks later, a woman is rushed into the emergency room with multiple bruises, scrapes, and abrasions.

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