emergency

A2 Topic:Personal Finance

US /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/ UK /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/ See IPA manual

Freq #1446

Meanings

1

noun
A sudden, dangerous situation that needs immediate action

They never knew what to do in an emergency.
2

noun
The part of a hospital that treats people who need urgent care

We rushed him to the emergency in the middle of the night.
3

noun
An official state in which special government powers apply because of a crisis

The governor declared a state of emergency after the flood.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a sudden, dangerous... exigency crisis

2 noun · the part of a hospital that... casualty er

Word family

Forms emergencies

Derived forms nonemergencypeemergencypostemergency

Related forms emerge emergence police

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Phrases (1)

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emergency meeting
an urgent, unplanned meeting called to deal with a crisis

Adjective + noun

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.

emergentia la-med emergens Latin

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Topics

Personal Finance Aviation & Flight Safety & Risk

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# emergency

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/
**Frequency rank:** 1446

## Meanings
1. A sudden, dangerous situation that needs immediate action
2. The part of a hospital that treats people who need urgent care
3. An official state in which special government powers apply because of a crisis

## Examples
- They never knew what to do in an emergency.
- We rushed him to the emergency in the middle of the night.
- The governor declared a state of emergency after the flood.

## Derived Forms
- nonemergency
- peemergency
- postemergency

## Related Forms
- emerge
- emergence
- police

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: emergentia
- Root: emergens
- Affix: -cy - state

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Emergency is 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. In current use, the main senses are “A sudden, dangerous situation that needs immediate action” and “The part of a hospital that treats people who need urgent care”.

## Topics
- Personal Finance
- Aviation & Flight
- Safety & Risk

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