Meaning of emergency | Babel Free

Definitions

1. World War II as experienced in Ireland.
   Ireland, historical
2. A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
   attributive, sometimes
3. the Malayan Emergency as experienced in Malaysia.
   Malaysia, euphemistic, historical
4. emergence
5. For use during emergencies: emergency food rations.
6. The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
7. A person brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
8. A highly volatile dangerous situation requiring immediate remedial action:crisis, extremity, flash point.
9. The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.
   archaic
10. Used or held in reserve:auxiliary, backup, reserve, secondary, standby, supplemental, supplementary.
11. A critical urge to urinate or defecate.
    euphemistic
12. an unexpected, especially dangerous happening or situation. Call the doctor – it's an emergency; You must save some money for emergencies; (also adjective) an emergency exit. noodgeval طارِئ، حالَةٌ طارِئَه спешен случай emergência naléhavý případ; nouzový der Notfall nødsituation; nødstilfælde; nød- έκτακτη ανάγκη, επείγον περιστατικό, επείγων) emergencia hädaolukord اضطراری؛ شرایط ناگهانی hätätapaus cas urgent/imprévu; de secoursחירום आपात्-स्थिति nenadan događaj szükségállapot, vészhelyzet...
    especially
13. emergencia, urgencia;an ___ case → un caso de ___;
14. A serious situation or occurrence that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action.
15. A condition of urgent need for action or assistance: a state of emergency.
16. an unforeseen or sudden occurrence, esp of a danger demanding immediate remedy or action
17. (Medicine) a. a patient requiring urgent treatment
18. state of emergency a condition, declared by a government, in which martial law applies, usually because of civil unrest or natural disaster

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Examples

“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.”

“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”

“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.”

“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.”

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