EMS

American  

abbreviation

1. emergency medical service.

2. Digital Technology. enhanced message service: a system for sending long or formatted text messages, images, music, etc., from one cell phone to another.

3. European Monetary System.

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

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EMS ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. European Monetary System

2. 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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Ems ² British  

/ ɛmz /

noun

1. 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)

2. 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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Example Sentences

The EMS Group declined to comment.

From BBC

A report last year said an EMS specialist’s vehicle covered over 1,000 miles for seemingly personal reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the next 12-15 years, about 1.2 billion people will reach working age in EMs, versus an expected 400 million jobs created.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Strong debt management and responsible monetary policies have provided EMs with room to cut rates, while local yields remain elevated,” write analysts at VanEck.

From Barron's

Investors dazzled by the pricing power of Western Digital and Seagate may like the electronics manufacturing services, or EMS, industry.

From Barron's