EMS
abbreviation
emergency medical service.
EMS
Americanabbreviation
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emergency medical service.
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Digital Technology. enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.
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express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).
EMS
1
British
abbreviation
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European Monetary System
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enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones
Ems
2
British
/ ɛmz /
noun
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a town in W Germany, in the Rhineland-Palatinate: famous for the Ems Telegram (1870), Bismarck's dispatch that led to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. Pop: 9666 (2003 est)
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a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)
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It was, recalled the EMS dispatcher on duty that night in Queens, “a horror.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
According to the EMS dispatch audio from June 14, emergency responders were called to McConnell’s Washington, D.C., residence for an “unconscious” person, with one dispatcher stating there was “CPR in progress” for a “cardiac arrest.”
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
“We are incredibly grateful to the individuals who responded immediately, as well as EMS and the medical professionals who handled the situation with such care, urgency, and professionalism,” Sir Walter Running said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
The Pentagon is being assisted by Arlington Fire & EMS, who posted on social media that they are responding to a hazardous materials incident.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Outside, kids waiting to board their buses formed an aisle that led to the rear of the EMS unit.
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
On Curtis’s closed set, a dungareed world of Lillies and Berties and Cols and Ems, trays of brownies circulate and the chat is about who slept with who once but stayed friends.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2017
These Ems, being superior at everything and having no material needs that couldn’t be satisfied virtually, will undercut humans in the labour market, and render us totally unnecessary.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2016
ER: I don’t know about you, Ems, but I find that more onstage.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2015
“Several people had already called within days of the exhibition going up,” said Peter Steger, a spokesman for the police in Bad Ems.
From Time ● Nov. 4, 2011
I was on the ground, looking at Aunt Ems sandaled feet.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
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