emerging
adjectiveverbnounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ//
- United States//ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ//
Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
adjective
- 1
Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
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.
Etymology
By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.
verb
- 1
Also a form of emergepresent participle and gerund of emerge
noun
- 1
Emergence.
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[…]
Forms
- plural
- emergings
- comparative
- more emerging
- superlative
- most emerging
emerge · To come into view.emergency · A situation which poses an immediate risk and which requires…Emergency · World War II as experienced in Ireland.
emerging · Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
Emerson · A surname originating as a patronymic.emery · An impure type of corundum, often used for sanding or…Emery · A surname transferred from the given name.