emergency centre
collocation in Englishmeaningsofemergencyandcentre
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emergency
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪˈmɜː.dʒən.si/us/ɪˈmɝː.dʒən.si/
something dangerous or serious, such as an accident, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly and needs fast action in order to avoid ...
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centre
noun[C]
uk/ˈsen.tər/us/ˈsen.t̬ɚ/
the middle point ...
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(Definition ofemergencyandcentrefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In my area, as in many others, the accident andemergencycentreis closed.
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There are only three beds in the accident andemergencycentre.
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More than half of theemergencycentreprogramme has not been completed.
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Forty six county councils have established emergency and standby centres; and 306 district councils have established anemergencycentre.
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It proposes to establish anemergencycentreto control and co-ordinate the maintenance of essential services during wartime.
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A new day surgery centre has just opened, along with a brand new £10 million accident andemergencycentre.
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Anemergencycentrecannot be in a school or village hall or in the local football stadium directors' offices.
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The hospital is not a designated accident andemergencycentre, and it lacks back-up facilities, but medical staffing is also a problem with the hospital.
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We want a tri-serviceemergencycentre, but it will be put at risk unless we can find some additional moneys.
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I think of the well-known and often-quoted incident of an emergency exercise in an area where there was only one keyholder for theemergencycentre.
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Two primary schools were badly flooded and whilst parents were being taken to oneemergencycentrepupils had to be taken to another.
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Anemergencycentremay be a room in a primary school, which those of us who are old enough can remember from 1945, at the end of the war.
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During an exercise it was discovered that anyone who went into theemergencycentrewould suffocate more quickly than he would perish as a result of a nuclear explosion.
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The building is also anemergencycentre, designed to deal with potential catastrophes in the port area and act as a coordination centre.
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His only goals for the club came on the last day of the 194950 season, playing as anemergencycentre-forward.
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The hospital also has a 24-hour localemergencycentre, integrated mental health unit, and provides day surgery, and comprehensive diagnostic, outpatient and therapy services.
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