emergent or emergency

Emergent in botany means a plant whose root system grows underwater but whose shoots and flowers grows up and above the water. It is the coming into view or existence of someone or something.

"Have you met the fast rising and emergent artist of the year?"

Emergency is a situation where a natural or man made disaster requiring urgent assistance.

"A woman has been rushed into the emergency ward. She had a saw stuck in her arm!"

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• stood vs stayed
• practicle vs practical
• absorbtion vs absorption
• tooken vs took vs taken
• woman vs women
• buttox vs buttocks
• dateline vs deadline
• acapella vs a capella vs a cappella
• seam vs seem
• weiner vs wiener

Definitions

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• s  occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
  emergent repair of an aorta
• s  coming into existence
  an emergent republic

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• n  a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
  he never knew what to do in an emergency
• n  a state in which martial law applies
  the governor declared a state of emergency
• n  a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

News & Articles

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• Emergent BioSolutions EVP Corporate Affairs Allen Shofe Appointed to MdBio Foundation Board of Directors
  Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced today that Allen Shofe, executive vice president of corporate affairs, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors of the MdBio Foundation, a private charitable organization whose mission is to support bioscience awareness, education, and workforce development in Maryland.
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Mayor Virg Bernero Leads Ribbon Cutting of Emergent BioSolutions’ New Administration Building Representing Another ...
  Lansing, Michigan Mayor Virg Bernero and senior executives from Emergent BioSolutions Inc. today held a ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the formal opening of a new administration building at Emergent’s Michigan campus.
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• Building 63 opens
  At Emergent BioSolutions\' unveiling of its new $9.6 million administration building, from left: City Councilwoman Kathie Dunbar, Mayor Virg Bernero, Emergent executive chairman of the board Fuad El-Hibri and President and CEO Daniel Abdun-Nabi and .
  June 17, 2013 - City Pulse

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• Emergency Plumber Welcomes News of National Occupational Standards Review
  Emergency Plumber welcomes news that employers have been invited to help influence the work that sector skills council SummitSkills will undertake over the future months. (PRWeb June 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/6/prweb10834670.htm
  June 17, 2013 - PRWeb
• Emergency Nurses Association Announces 2013 National Election Results
  DES PLAINES, Ill., June 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) announced the new 2014 leadership team for its non-profit professional organization of more than 40,000 Emergency Nurse members worldwide. The organization represents the expertise of top global emergency care professionals dedicated to advocacy for patient safety and excellence in emergency ...
  June 17, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
• Cuyahoga County, Ohio Selects Emergency CallWorks® for Next Generation 9-1-1 Call Management and Call Mapping System
  Emergency CallWorks Inc., a leading provider of Next Generation 9-1-1 and emergency incident management software for the public safety industry, announced today that Cuyahoga Count
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance