emergency

Definition

A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergens, present participle of emergo (“to emerge, arise, come forth”), equivalent to emergent + -cy or emerge + -ency. Doublet of emergence.

Example Sentences

• "Cardiac arrest is an emergency requiring medical attention."
• "We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned."
• "I've got a really bad disease It's got me begging on my hands and knees So take me to emergency Cause something seems to be missing"

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