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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According to a report from Greenville, S.C., police, Zach was “very emotional” as paramedics attempted to revive Panettiere, and Brian “did not become emotional until EMS declared her officially deceased.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
“It’s protecting our water, our EMS, our roads. Also protecting our county by making sure that our county has adequate legal representation when sitting across the table and negotiating with companies like SpaceX.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
According to Menendez’s account, GEO Group and ICE officials told him they called for EMS and the unidentified man was taken to University Hospital where he died.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
It was, recalled the EMS dispatcher on duty that night in Queens, “a horror.”
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 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
When Hanson presents his forecast in public, one question always comes up: what’s to stop the Ems killing us off?
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2016
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
Visitors look at Chinese artist He Xiangyu's work "The Death of Marat" featuring the corpse of Ai Weiwei on October 28, 2011 in Bad Ems, western Germany.
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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