adj
Meaning 1
Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
emergent
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒənt/
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General-American: /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒənt/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
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CMU ARPABET: IH0 M ER1 JH AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Arising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Constituting an emergency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: especially
Topics: medicine, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Taller than the surrounding vegetation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 5
Having leaves and flowers above the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adj
Meaning 6
Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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adj
Meaning 7
That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not explainable by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: epistemology, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Examples
- an emergent property
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noun
Meaning 8
A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grow up and above the water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
coming into existence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an emergent republic
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Synonyms: emerging
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- emergent repair of an aorta
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History
Etymology
From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: émergent — Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Indonesian: kemunculan — Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Russian: возника́ющий (voznikájuščij) — Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Russian: появля́ющийся (pojavljájuščijsja) — Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Russian: зарожда́ющийся (zaroždájuščijsja) — Emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
- Azerbaijani: yaranan — (philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.
- Russian: эмердже́нтный (emerdžéntnyj) — (philosophy, sciences) Having properties as a whole that are more complex than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.