• n.
    ⦿a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
    lexical concept
  • he never knew what to do in an emergency

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:emergency
  2. enl:exigency
  3. enl:pinch
wn:interlingual indexili:i75691
wn:eq synonymdn:nød1§3nødsituation§1

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • exigency
  • emergencyexigencypinch