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   emergency

   /ɪˈməːdʒ(ə)nsi/

   noun

   • 1. a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action: "personal alarms for use in an emergency"
   • ▪ arising from or used in an emergency: "an emergency operation to save his sight" Similar urgentcrisisimpromptuextraordinaryalternativesubstitutereplacementspareextrastandbyauxiliaryreservebackupfill-infallbackin reserveOpposite mainprimary
   • ▪ a person with a medical condition requiring immediate treatment: "the hospital treated two hundred emergencies"
   • ▪ the department in a hospital which provides immediate treatment: North American "a doctor in emergency cleaned the wound"
   • 2. the Second World War. historical Irish
   • 3. a reserve runner in horse racing. Australian, New Zealand

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergere ‘arise, bring to light’ (see emerge).

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