EMERGING

emergent, emerging

(adjective) coming into existence; “an emergent republic”

emerging, rising

(adjective) coming to maturity; “the rising generation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

emerging (comparative more emerging, superlative most emerging)

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

Verb

emerging

present participle of emerge

Noun

emerging (plural emergings)

emergence

Source: Wiktionary


EMERGE

E*merge", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Emerged; p. pr. & vb. n. Emerging.] Etym: [L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.]

Definition: To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. "Thetis . . . emerging from the deep." Dryden. Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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