emergency
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emergency/iˈmɜːʤənsi/
▶noun (pl. emergencies)
- 1 a serious, unexpected, and potentially dangerous situation requiring immediate action.
■ [as modifier] arising from or used in an emergency: an emergency exit.
■ N. Amer. the casualty department in a hospital.
- 2 (the Emergency) Irish historical the Second World War.
- 3 Austral./NZ dated (in sport) a reserve player or runner.
'emergency' also found in these Oxford entries:
A & E
- airlift
- airway
- bail
- call-out
- casualty department
- communication cord
- control
- council of war
- crash-dive
- crash-land
- crash pad
- cut
- dictator
- dressing station
- ejection seat
- EPIRB
- ER
- fallback
- fire drill
- first responder
- forced landing
- go-bag
- hard shoulder
- iron rations
- lifeboat
- life raft
- militia
- pancake landing
- panic
- panic button
- parachute
- paramedic
- pinch-hit
- reserve
- SAR
- scramble
- SOS
- special constable
- standby
- state
- survival kit
- Territorial Army
- UNICEF
- WAVES
