ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. present participle and gerund of emerge
  2. 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

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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