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Ambulance ˈæmbjələns Call Noun Bre Service Staff Scene

Word ambulance
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈæmbjələns / NAmE / ˈæmbjələns /
Example
  • the ambulance service
  • ambulance staff
  • call an ambulance!
  • an ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.
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ambulance

(noun)BrE / ˈæmbjələns / NAmE / ˈæmbjələns /
  1. a vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital
    • the ambulance service
    • ambulance staff
    • Call an ambulance!

    Extra Examples

    • An ambulance was sent to the scene of the accident.
    • Don’t worry—the ambulance is on its way.
    • He had to be flown by air ambulance to a Las Vegas hospital.
    • He was put into an ambulance and taken away.
    • He went in the ambulance with Lizzy.
    • Her attorney is nothing more than an ambulance chaser.
    • I was put straight into a waiting ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
    • Quick, call an ambulance!
    • She was rushed to hospital by air ambulance.
    • When the ambulance came, I carried her out to it.
    • the region’s three ambulance trusts

    Word Origin

    • early 19th cent.: French, from hôpital ambulant ‘mobile (horse-drawn) field hospital’, from Latin ambulant- ‘walking’, from ambulare.
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