WordHive Learning Dictionary

Emergency Meaning

a serious sudden situation.

noun 9 letters hard word
Dictionary definition

a sudden serious situation needing quick action.

Example sentences

Emergency in a sentence

easy

In class, we used emergency to describe what happened in the story.

medium

The worksheet asked students to explain emergency in an everyday example.

hard

During discussion, students compared how emergency changed the outcome of the situation.

Synonyms

Words like Emergency

related termSimilar meaning used in caution or problem contexts.
close wordA near meaning with small usage differences.
Antonyms

Opposite words

opposite conditionA useful contrast in meaning.
safer stateShows a more secure opposite situation.
Word family

Emergency word family

Base word

emergency

noun

emergency

Base form.

Related words
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Practice 1

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