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# emergency

«emergency» in Mova's school dictionary: **needed quickly: a fire, a bad accident, someone who can't…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (emergency, emergencies); adjective (emergency — for use in an emergency)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sudden dangerous situation where help is needed quickly: a fire, a bad accident, someone who can't breathe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#m1)

2) As an adjective, used in such a situation: "emergency exit", "emergency services". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: in an emergency, stay calm, get safe, call the emergency number — 911 (USA, Canada), 999 or 112 (UK, Ireland), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand) — say your address and what happened, and listen. Know your address and an emergency plan. Phrases: in an emergency, emergency services, emergency exit, emergency room, emergency number.

### examples

- Call 911 in an emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x1)
- A fire is an emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x2)
- The emergency exit is at the back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x3)
- An ambulance is one of the emergency services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x4)
- Only call the number in a real emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x5)
- Learn your address in case of an emergency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x6)
- We practise for emergencies with fire drills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x7)
- The doctor had an emergency and left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x8)
- But in this emergency Poseidon came to the aid of the son of Tantalus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/#x9)

### note

Plural "emergencies". Not every problem is an emergency: a lost toy is not, someone not breathing is. Making a fake emergency call is wrong and can stop real people getting help.

### In the corpora

- [In an emergency you ring 999, not the GP.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/7/)
- [A siren and flashing blue lights mean police are rushing to an emergency, and other drivers must pull over to let them through.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/5/)
- [Saving means putting money aside now for something bigger later, or for emergencies like a broken boiler.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/8/)
- [In an emergency, call the emergency number straight away instead of asking a bot.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/12/)
- [A grown-up decides whether it needs a wash and a cool cloth, a doctor or an emergency call.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/399-bites-stings-and-scratches-mosquitoes-wasps-ticks-dog-bites-and-cat-scratches/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emergency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.