911

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

911 (previous 910, next 912)

  1. the number nine hundred and eleven

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˌnaɪnwʌnˈwʌn/, SAMPA: /%naInwVn"wVn/, as nine-one-one
  • (rare, deprecated) IPA: /ˌnaɪnɪlˈɛvən/, SAMPA: /%naInIl"Ev@n/
  • (rare, deprecated) IPA: /ˌnaɪnəlˈɛvən/, SAMPA: /%naIn@l"Ev@n/

[edit] Noun

Singular
911

Plural
911s

911 (plural 911s)

  1. In the United States and Canada, the telephone number used to call the police or other emergency services.
  2. An emergency call to that number.

[edit] See also

  • (phone number for emergencies): 000 (Australian), 999 (UK, Irish), 112 (New European)

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to 911

Third person singular
911s

Simple past
911ed

Past participle
911ed

Present participle
911ing

to 911 (third-person singular simple present 911s, present participle 911ing, simple past and past participle 911ed)

  1. To make an emergency call.
    • 1997, “50 New Fall Hair Looks”, in Cosmopolitan, v 223, n 2 (August), p 208:
      London hairstylist Rick Haylor for the John Frieda Salon—the man Nicole Kidman 911s when she wants her curly mop to lie down and look glamorous—tells you how to go straight.