- exigency, necessity, emergency
- اِضْطِرار \ exigency, necessity, emergency.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
exigency, necessity, emergency
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emergency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. juncture, crisis; exigency, necessity, pinch, extremity. See circumstance, difficulty. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. accident, crisis, unforeseen occurrence, strait(s), urgency, exigency, contingency,… … English dictionary for students
exigency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. demand, need, necessity, distress, difficulty, extremity, urgency, pressure, pinch, crisis, emergency, juncture. See circumstance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A crisis] Syn. emergency, contingency,… … English dictionary for students
emergency — A sudden unexpected happening; an unforeseen occurrence or condition; perplexing contingency or complication of circumstances; a sudden or unexpected occasion for action; exigency; pressing necessity. Emergency is an unforeseen combination of… … Black's law dictionary
emergency — A sudden unexpected happening; an unforeseen occurrence or condition; perplexing contingency or complication of circumstances; a sudden or unexpected occasion for action; exigency; pressing necessity. Emergency is an unforeseen combination of… … Black's law dictionary
necessity — ne·ces·si·ty n pl ties 1 a: the presence or pressure of circumstances that justify or compel a certain course of action; esp: a need to respond or react to a dangerous situation by committing a criminal act b: an affirmative defense originating… … Law dictionary
exigency — ex·i·gen·cy / ek sə jən sē, ik si jən sē/ n pl cies 1: that which is required in a particular situation usu. used in pl. 2 a: the quality or state of being exigent b: a state of affairs that makes urgent demands Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of… … Law dictionary
emergency — emer·gen·cy n pl cies 1: an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action 2: an urgent need for assistance or relief a state of emergency Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Emergency — E*mer gen*cy, n.; pl. {Emergencies}. [See {Emergence}.] 1. Sudden or unexpected appearance; an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden occasion. [1913 Webster] Most our rarities have been found out by casual emergency. Glanvill. [1913 Webster] 2. An… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Exigency — Ex i*gen*cy, n.; pl. {Exigencies}. [LL. exigentia: cf. F. exigence.] The state of being exigent; urgent or exacting want; pressing necessity or distress; need; a case demanding immediate action, supply, or remedy; as, an unforeseen exigency. The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emergency — [ē mʉr′jən sē, imʉr jən sē] n. pl. emergencies [orig. sense, emergence: see EMERGENCE] a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence or set of circumstances demanding immediate action adj. for use in case of sudden necessity [an emergency brake] SYN … English World dictionary
exigency — 1 pass, emergency, pinch, strait, crisis, contingency, juncture Analogous words: difficulty, vicissitude, rigor, hardship: *predicament, plight, fix, quandary, dilemma, jam, pickle, scrape 2 necessity, *need Analogous words: demanding or demand,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
