TOP

Definition of emergency services noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emergency services

noun
 
/ɪˈmɜːdʒənsi sɜːvɪsɪz/
 
/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi sɜːrvɪsɪz/
 [plural] (British English)
jump to other results
  1. the public organizations that deal with emergencies: the police, fire, ambulance and coastguard services
    • The emergency services are struggling to cope with the number of call-outs.
    compare first responderTopics Law and justiceb2, The environmentb2
Check pronunciation: emergency services

Nearby words

previously
adverb
 
 
From the Word list
Oxford 3000
B1
Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day