ambulance

ambulance
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ air, field, land
▪

He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.

▪ emergency (esp. BrE)
▪ waiting
▪

I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.

VERB + AMBULANCE
▪ call (for), get, phone (for) (esp. BrE), ring (for) (BrE), telephone (for) (BrE)
▪

Quick, call an ambulance!

▪ send
▪

An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.

▪ load sb into (esp. AmE), put sb in, put sb into
▪

He was put into an ambulance and taken away.

▪ drive
AMBULANCE + VERB
▪ be on its way
▪

Don't worry—the ambulance is on its way.

▪ arrive, come
▪

When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.

AMBULANCE + NOUN
▪ service (esp. BrE)
▪ crew, personnel (BrE), staff (BrE)
▪ driver
▪ man, paramedic, technician, worker (all BrE)
▪ chief, spokesman (both BrE)
▪ station (BrE)
▪ trust (BrE)
▪

the region's three ambulance trusts

▪ chaser (figurative, esp. AmE)
▪

Her attorney is nothing more then an ambulance chaser.

PREPOSITION
▪ by ambulance
▪

She was rushed to hospital by ambulance.

▪

Eloise was taken by ambulance to St Mary's Hospital.

▪ in an/the ambulance
▪

He went in the ambulance with Louise.


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  • Ambulance — Am bu*lance, n. [F. ambulance, h[^o]pital ambulant, fr. L. ambulare to walk. See {Amble}.] (Mil.) (a) A field hospital, so organized as to follow an army in its movements, and intended to succor the wounded as soon as possible. Often used… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ambulance — (n.) 1809, mobile or field hospital, from Fr. (hôpital) ambulant, lit. walking (hospital), from L. ambulantem (nom. ambulans), prp. of ambulare to walk (see AMBLE (Cf. amble)). The word was not common in English until the meaning transferred from …   Etymology dictionary

  • Ambulance — (fr., spr. Angbülangs), so v.w. Fliegendes Lazareth, s. u. Hospital, vgl. Sanitätscompagnie …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Ambulance — (frz., –bülangs), das Feldlazareth im Kriege, hinter der Schlachtlinie, aufgestellt u. so eingerichtet, daß es möglichst schnell transportirt werden kann; es ist durch rothe Fahnen bezeichnet, damit der Feind es nicht absichtlich mit dem… …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • ambulance — [n] emergency vehicle EMS, hospital wagon, rescue, transport; concept 505 …   New thesaurus

  • ambulance — ► NOUN ▪ a vehicle equipped for taking sick or injured people to and from hospital. ORIGIN French, from hôpital ambulant mobile field hospital , from Latin ambulare walk …   English terms dictionary

  • ambulance — [am′byə ləns, am′byo͞oləns] n. [Fr < ( hôpital) ambulant < prp. of L ambulare: see AMBLE] 1. Obs. a mobile field hospital 2. a specially equipped automobile or other vehicle for carrying the sick or wounded …   English World dictionary

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