Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emergency services

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables: emer-gen-cy ser-vices
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Collectively, the police, fire department and EMS services. May also include other response agencies.

Inflected Forms

emergency service (singular)

Phrases

fire department coast guard mountain rescue

Frequently Paired Words

fire department police EMS ambulance coast guard mountain rescue

Questions

What does emergency services mean?: Collectively, the police, fire department and EMS services. May also include other response agencies.

How to pronounce emergency services

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