Emerging
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Emerging is an adjective meaning Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
Meaning
Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of emerge
- Emergence.
Example Sentences
We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district[…]
America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
Word Forms
- emergings
Synonyms for emerging
Depending on context, synonyms include nascent, emergent, rising, future, aborning.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include emergent, nascent, rising, future, aborning, incipient.
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