er
pronunciation
How to pronounce er in British English:
UK [ɜ:(r)]
How to pronounce er in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- a trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs with yttrium
Word Origin
- er
- as a sound of hesitation or uncertainty, attested from mid-19c.
- ER
- abbreviation of emergency room, by 1965.
Example
- 1. We decide to take him to the er .
- 2. She called the er and asked if they had tested her for it ?
- 3. The television in the er says fatality has reached 23 % , and a nurse turns it off .
- 4. My young daughters instantly fathomed the solution to the head-scratching riddle from my childhood about the injured child admitted to the er .
- 5. On this day , however , he walked a bit faster after getting a call from the er about a biker who 'd been carved open by a bus .