Emergency and Happening

Emergency

Emergency noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.

Usage example: an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency

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Happening and emergency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Happening" instead a noun "Emergency".

Nearby Words: emergence, emergent

Happening noun - Something that happens.

Usage example: gave a detailed account of all the happenings of the weekend

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Emergency and happening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Happening".

Nearby Words: happen, happened

Her poor mother had to rotate emergency rooms with all three of them for fear of Type A of this trope happening.

Source: Abuse Mistake
However in a nod to the show's more subtle slapstick, he notes that this shouldn't be happening to his heart and is likely a serious emergency.

Source: Heart Beats out of Chest
Pandemic. The players are scientists and emergency workers trying (usually, in vain) to stem four infectious disease outbreaks happening simultaneously across the world.

Source: Co-Op Multiplayer

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Happening and Emergency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/emergency/happening

Emergency & Happening. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/emergency/happening>.

Happening or Emergency. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/emergency/happening.

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