{
    "term": "emergency",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a sudden serious and dangerous event or situation that needs immediate action to deal with it",
            "sensetop": "in an emergencyfor emergencies",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This is a **medical emergency** needing urgent treatment with antibiotics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has declared a **state of emergency** following the earthquake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In times of national emergency, the usual rules may not apply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This door should only be used in an emergency.",
                    "contextForm": "in an emergency"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always have some extra cash with me for emergencies.",
                    "contextForm": "for emergencies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the emergency exit *(= to be used in an emergency)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The pilot made an **emergency landing** in a field."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **emergency response** team was on the scene within eight minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has been granted emergency powers *(= to deal with an emergency)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The purpose of these drills is to be prepared **in the case of an emergency**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government had to take emergency action."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Call this number if an emergency should arise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Complete retention of urine constitutes a medical emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Don't call me unless it's a real emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Emergency admissions to hospital are given top priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Emergency supplies of food have been flown to the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He got emergency leave when his Dad died."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She missed the meeting because of a family emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to know what to do in an emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's a disaster and a public-health emergency in the making."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a fire blanket on the kitchen wall in case of emergencies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ambulance crashed while answering an emergency call."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army provided emergency cover when the ambulance service went on strike."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The assembly declared a national emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government imposed emergency rule and suspended civil rights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When a member of staff has a family emergency, a project can get delayed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Would you know what to do in an emergency situation?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an emergency session of the United Nations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an emergency shutdown of the nuclear reactor"
                },
                {
                    "text": "firefighters on call to respond to emergencies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the New York police and fire and emergency responders"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the emergency evacuation of more than 300 passengers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There is an emergency exit on each side of the aeroplane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the hospital emergency department"
                },
                {
                    "text": "improved access to emergency contraception"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was brought to the hospital for emergency surgery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They set up an emergency board meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the humanitarian emergency that resulted from the earthquake"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fire wardens will direct people in the event of an emergency."
                },
                {
                    "text": "emergency crew/​personnel/​vehicles"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new communications system will allow the police to respond to any emergency much faster than previously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are well trained to deal with emergencies."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Danger"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["dire", "extreme", "major"],
                "verb + emergency": ["have", "cope with", "deal with"],
                "emergency + verb": ["arise", "happen", "occur"],
                "emergency + noun": ["situation", "action", "measures"],
                "preposition": ["for emergency", "in an emergency"],
                "phrases": [
                    "in case of emergency",
                    "in case of emergencies",
                    "a state of emergency"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi/",
                "audio": "em/emergency/emergency__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi/",
                "audio": "em/emergency/emergency__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergere ‘arise, bring to light’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’."
}