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Notlage — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • distress noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  • emergency noun A sudden, serious situation that requires immediate action.
  • exigency noun The demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
  • plight noun A difficult, distressing situation.

Senses

Notlage is used for these senses in English:

  • distress Serious danger.
  • emergency (sometimes, attributive) A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires urgent attention.
  • exigency An urgent situation, one requiring extreme effort or attention.

distress — full definition

  1. noun Serious pain, suffering, or worry, especially of an urgent kind.
  2. verb To cause someone anxiety, pain, or worry.

emergency — full definition

  1. noun A sudden, serious situation that requires immediate action.
  2. noun The department of a hospital that treats people needing urgent medical care.

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