Emergency
[ɪ'mɜːdʒ(ə)nsɪ] or [ɪ'mɝdʒənsi]
Definition
(noun.) a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action; 'he never knew what to do in an emergency'.
(noun.) a state in which martial law applies; 'the governor declared a state of emergency'.
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Definition
(n.) Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion.
(n.) An unforeseen occurrence or combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action or remedy; pressing necessity; exigency.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Exigency, urgency, necessity, crisis, pinch, pass, push, strait, difficulty, conjuncture, unexpected occurrence, unforeseen occasion.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Crisis, conjunction, {[ture]?}, pitch, embarrassment, strait, necessity,exigency, casualty, difficulty
ANT:rescue, deliverance, solution, subsidence, provision, anticipation,arrangement
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Examples
- As events turned out, no such emergency as this occurred. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With all the chances thus in our favour I confronted the next emergency, and played the second move in the game. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Instead of taking the footman, whose nose was human, and therefore useless in any emergency, I took the bloodhound with me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I mean to write first, Laura, to Mr. Gilmore's partner, who has offered to help us in any fresh emergency. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Is that what you would do in such an emergency? Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- In this emergency it naturally occurred to my mind that a countryman of his own, on whom I could rely, might be the fittest person to help me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Strongly as I was fortified in my resolution by the desperate nature of our situation, I hoped most fervently that I might escape this last emergency. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was a test of what could be done in a sudden military emergency, and was gratuitously undertaken by the company at the request of the Secretary of the Navy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Special contrivances and adaptations of the telegraph for printing stock reports and for transmitting fire alarm, police, and emergency calls, have been invented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- This deficiency was likely to prove perilous in an emergency so critical. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- As Holmes drew the curtain I was aware, from some little rigidity and alertness of his attitude, that he was prepared for an emergency. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A complete plan emerges like a piece of machinery, apparently fitted for every emergency. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Tarzan had long since learned the use of the dictionary, but much to his sorrow and perplexity it proved of no avail to him in this emergency. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- But it was not mine, and I did not feel that I had a right to tell it, even to my guardian, unless some great emergency arose. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Special contrivances, wonderful in their operation, were invented to meet exigencies and emergencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As you say, it is as well to be prepared for emergencies. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- We could not and ought not to be rigidly bound by the rules laid down under circumstances so different for emergencies so utterly unanticipated. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But my voice (habitually gentle) possesses a high note or so, in emergencies. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To all other emergencies and complications my natural capacity for grappling, single-handed, with circumstances, was invariably equal. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- With a wary eye on future emergencies, I kept the letter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was understood that Miss Bart should fill the gap in such emergencies, and she usually recognized the obligation without a murmur. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The general operation was simple, and in normally active times the mechanism and the registrar were equal to all emergencies. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is in such countries, therefore, that he generally endeavours to accumulate a treasure, as the only resource against such emergencies. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In such emergencies, the bank, it is supposed, would break through its ordinary rule of making payment only to the holders of receipts. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Meeting all Emergencies. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In certain emergencies my mind is remarkably soon made up. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I dressed, then, to be ready for emergencies. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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