- emergency
- nounADJECTIVE▪ dire, extreme, major, real, serious, true▪
Don't call me unless its a real emergency.
▪ life-threatening▪ sudden, unexpected, unforeseen▪ complex▪ international, national, state▪in times of national emergency
▪ health, medical, surgical▪It's a disaster and a public-health emergency in the making.
▪Make sure your policy covers you in case of medical emergency.
▪ family▪He missed the meeting because of a family emergency.
▪ military▪ humanitarian▪ in-flight (esp. AmE)▪ fire, snow (both AmE)VERB + EMERGENCY▪ have▪When a member of staff has a family emergency, a project can get delayed.
▪ cope with, deal with, handle, respond to▪firefighters on call to respond to emergencies
▪ declare▪The assembly declared a national emergency.
▪ be, constitute▪Complete retention of urine constitutes a medical emergency.
EMERGENCY + VERB▪ arise, happen, occur▪Call this number if any unforeseen emergency should arise.
EMERGENCY + NOUN▪ situation▪Would you know what to do in an emergency situation?
▪ action, measures, plan, procedures, response▪ preparedness (esp. AmE)▪ management▪ laws, legislation, regulations▪ powers▪The police have been given emergency powers to deal with the crisis.
▪ rule▪The government imposed emergency rule and suspended civil rights.
▪ meeting, session, summit, talks▪an emergency session of the United Nations
▪ cover (esp. BrE)▪The army provided emergency cover when the ambulance service went on strike.
▪ checklist▪ services▪The emergency services are struggling to cope with the number of call-outs.
▪ crew, official, personnel (esp. AmE), responders (AmE), worker▪An emergency crew was called out.
▪the New York police and fire and emergency responders
▪ aid, assistance, funds, help, relief, supply▪Emergency supplies of food have been flown to the area.
▪ fund▪ leave (AmE)▪He got emergency leave when his Dad died.
▪ call▪The ambulance crashed while answering an emergency call.
▪ backup (esp. AmE), rescue▪ shutdown▪an emergency shutdown of the nuclear reactor
▪ centre/center, department, room (esp. AmE), ward▪one of the busiest accident and emergency departments in Scotland (BrE)
▪ doctor (esp. BrE), physician (esp. AmE), vet▪ admission, case▪Emergency admissions to the hospital are given top priority.
▪ care, medicine, operation, surgery, treatment▪ contraception▪ appendectomy, Caesarean, etc.▪ kit▪ repairs▪ exit▪ landing▪ evacuation▪the emergency evacuation of more than 300 passengers
▪ brake▪ shelter▪ button, equipment, vehicle▪ lights▪ generatorPREPOSITION▪ for emergency▪She told me to keep the money for emergencies.
▪ in an emergency▪I need to know what to do in an emergency.
PHRASES▪ in case of emergency, in case of emergencies▪There's a fire blanket on the kitchen wall in case of emergencies.
▪ a state of emergency▪The president immediately declared a state of emergency.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
