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
Possibility and emergency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Possibility" instead a noun "Emergency".
Possibility
Possibility noun - Something that can develop or become actual.
Emergency and possibility are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Possibility".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- occurrence and emergency
- occurrence and possibility
- event and emergency
- event and possibility
- circumstance and emergency
- circumstance and possibility
- chance and emergency
- chance and possibility
- accident and emergency
- accident and possibility
- incident and emergency
- incident and possibility
- happening and emergency
- happening and possibility
How words are described
| long | long emergency | long possibility |
| present | present emergency | present possibility |
| future | future emergency | future possibility |
| genuine | genuine emergency | genuine possibility |
| Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, large, big, great, serious, huge, little, potential, new, implied, random, last. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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And the possibility of "an emergency shortcut through Tir Na Nog" implies that that could happen at any time.
Source: Webcomic / Tales of the Questor - Bechimo's creators were well cognizant of the possibility that their creation might possibly go mad (hence the inclusion of emergency backup personalities that could overwrite the primary personality in the event of a mental breakdown).
Source: Literature / Liaden Universe -
Her real father, the ship's engineer, apparently considered the possibility of Hyun-ae dying while in cryostasis and installed the necessary hardware for Brain Uploading her mind as a last ditch effort to save her life in an emergency.
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