A&E

/eɪ(ə)n(d)ˈiː/

proper noun

The accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative A & E · alternative A and E

  1. CommonwealthUKThe accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital.

    It is too soon to measure the impact of Hubbard’s work on hospital admission figures. But a practice frailty nurse helped reduce A&E attendances and admissions by 54% and GP home visit requests by 81%.

    2016 June 30, Kate Murray, “How occupational therapists help keep older people out of hospital”, in The Guardian
  2. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Arts and Entertainment.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
casualtycasualty departmentedemerg

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with A&E

thebewefreeheseeemerebtdshedepgthreevcdkeyzcommitteeiddegree
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

A&E. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A%26E

MLA

“A&E.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A%26E. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “A&E,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/A%26E.

Source: A&E on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.