Definitions for emergency

emergency e·mer·gen·cy

Spelling: [ih-mur-juh n-see]
IPA: /ɪˈmɜr dʒən si/

Emergency is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in emergency (ceeegmnry).

Definitions for emergency

noun

  1. a sudden, urgent, usually unexpected occurrence or occasion requiring immediate action.
  2. a state, especially of need for help or relief, created by some unexpected event:

adjective

  1. granted, used, or for use in an emergency:

Origin of emergency

1625-35; Medieval Latin ēmergentia, equivalent to ēmerg- (see emerge) + -entia -ency. See emergent

Examples for emergency

As far as we can learn there never was an emergency yet which the life-principle was not equipped to meet.

This suggests that the pilots were overtaken very rapidly by an emergency.

A click sends a user to a statement, a list of passenger nationalities, emergency call-center numbers, and other information.

O'Mooney's presence of mind did not forsake him upon this emergency.

Did she have a heart, then, or was it a feminine trait to turn pale in every emergency?

She sighed, put it back on the counter, and rose to the emergency.

He had not now the advantage of Russell's firmness to support him in this emergency.

Had they been properly trained, they could and should have flown themselves safely out of the emergency.

One specific kind of emergency is at the heart of this, such as when an airplane suffers a loss of stability at night.

During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.

Word Value for emergency
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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