emergency

Meaning

Noun

  • A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
  • The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
  • An individual brought in at short notice to replace a member of staff, a player in a sporting team, etc.
  • The quality of being emergent; sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo, equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency.

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