OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 19092

emergency

/ɪˈmɜː(ɹ).dʒən.si/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emergencia • urgencia
A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
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.
emergencias • urgencias
The department of a hospital that treats emergencies.
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