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/ɪmˈərdʒənsi/ /ˈimərdʒənsi/ Listen

noun

Emergency n. (pl. emergencies)

Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. "Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency."

An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency. "To whom she might her doubts propose, On all emergencies that rose." "A safe counselor in most difficult emergencies."

Synonyms: Crisis; conjuncture; exigency; pinch; strait; necessity.

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Etymology of 'Emergency'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Emergency" Quotes from Famous Books

... that there was something wrong at head-quarters, I determined to proceed to Callao for the purpose of learning the true state of affairs, leaving Colonel Miller to return to Arica, and in case of emergency, victualling and equipping the prizes, so as to be in readiness, if necessary, for the reception ...

— Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, - from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 • Thomas Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald

... stories about the eccentricities of the sonata's great composer, how he would storm and rage up and down his room like a madman, and how he hired a boy to pump water over his head by the hour, in case of emergency. ...

— King Midas • Upton Sinclair

... brain again," he heard, in the unctuous tones which Mr. Wragg appeared to keep for this emergency. "It's clothes he wants now; by and by I suppose it'll be something else. Well, the doctor said we'd ...

— Short Cruises • W.W. Jacobs

... Lovell suggested that we hold our outfits all ready to move out with the herds on an hour's notice. Accordingly the next morning, I refused every one leave of absence, and gave special orders to the cook and horse-wrangler to have things in hand to start on an emergency order. Jim Flood had agreed to wait for me, and we would recross the river together and hear the report from the sheriff's office. Forrest and Sponsilier rode up about the same time we arrived at his wagon, and all four of us set out for headquarters across the North Fork. ...

— The Outlet • Andy Adams

... number of hours, and as well as do the men in the same establishments, does not do away with the fact that women's work in general is not as steady as men's, and is not expected to meet the same emergency of family support. No one can believe more fully than I in equal wages for work that is really equal; but it seems to me that private contract, and not public action, must regulate the ...

— Woman and the Republic • Helen Kendrick Johnson

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