EMS

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abbreviation

emergency medical service.

Digital Technology.enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.Compare SMS (def. 1a).

European Monetary System.

express mail service: an international service offered by the postal operators of the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

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Words nearby EMS

empyreal, empyrean, empyreuma, em quad, EMR, EMS, EMT, emu, emu-bob, emu bush, emulate

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How to use EMS in a sentence

EMS officers were called to the scene and pronounced her dead upon arrival.
Celebrity Stylist Annabel Tollman Dead at Thirty-Nine|Misty White Sidell|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And even EMS dispatch vets, generally reluctant to second-guess the work of one of their own, have piled on.
Amanda Berry’s 911 Dispatcher Under Fire for Blasé Response|David Freedlander|May 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I told the EMS, nurses, and doctor that it was an attempted rape.
In Washington, Sexual Assault Victims Find Justice Elusive||February 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To be able to repeat great po-ems at will, is to have a treasure you can allus carry with you while your voice lasts.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd

His hands seemed to flow back and forth like the tide, and yet he was setting twenty ems eight-point and keeping the machine hung.
Nine Men in Time|Noel Miller Loomis
We came to the River Ems four miles from the border of Holland.
The Escape of a Princess Pat|George Pearson
It was from the king at Ems, and described his interview that morning with the French ambassador.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
He could set ten thousand ems a day, and he received pay according to the amount of work done.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine

British Dictionary definitions for EMS (1 of 2)

Ems

Bad Ems

/ (ɛmz) /

noun

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)

a river in W Germany, rising in the Teutoburger Wald and flowing generally north to the North Sea. Length: about 370 km (230 miles)

British Dictionary definitions for EMS (2 of 2)

EMS

abbreviation for

European Monetary System

enhanced messaging service: a system used for sending text messages containing special text formatting, animations, etc, to and from mobile phones

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