Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Coming into view, existence, or notice.
- adjective Emerging.
- adjective Rising above a surrounding medium, especially a fluid.
- adjective Of or relating to aquatic plants such as cattails or rushes that are rooted below a body of water or in an area that is periodically submerged but extend above the water level.
- adjective Relating to an exceptionally tall tree whose crown extends well above the level of the upper canopy.
- adjective Arising or occurring unexpectedly.
- adjective Demanding prompt action; urgent.
- adjective Occurring as a consequence; resultant.
- noun One that is emerging or coming into view or existence.
- noun An emergent aquatic plant.
- noun An emergent tree.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rising from or out of anything that covers or surrounds; coming forth or into view; protruding.
- Specifically— In bryology, rising slightly above the perichætium: applied to the capsule.
- In lichenology, protruding through the cortical layer.
- Issuing or proceeding.
- Coming suddenly; sudden; casual; unexpected; hence, calling for immediate action or remedy; urgent; pressing.
- noun That which emerges or comes forth; that which appears or comes into view; a natural occurrence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
- adjective Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
- adjective (Chron.) the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the
emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; theemergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
emerging ; coming intoview or intoexistence ;nascent ;new . - adjective botany
taller than the surrounding vegetation - adjective botany having leaves and flowers above the water
- adjective video games Having
gameplay that arises from itsmechanics , rather than alinear storyline . - noun botany A
plant whoseroot system grows underwater, but whoseshoot ,leaves andflowers grows up and above the water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
- adjective coming into existence
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Examples
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China's position is best illustrated by an influential foreign policy advisor to Chinese leaders who requested an edit to the forum's communiqué: the phrase "emergent nations led by China" was to be changed to "emergent nations including China".
Nathan Gardels: Eric X. Li's Globalization 2.0 Nathan Gardels 2011
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China's position is best illustrated by an influential foreign policy advisor to Chinese leaders who requested an edit to the forum's communiqué: the phrase "emergent nations led by China" was to be changed to "emergent nations including China".
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Nathan Gardels 2011
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Purposely ignoring American Jews, Roman Catholics, mainline Protestants and many evangelicals-about 70 percent of religious Americans-Bloom focuses on the Mormons, the Southern Baptists and other made-in-America sects to tease out what he calls the emergent "American Religion."
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What it does not recognize is the third case, which we call emergent strategy where a realized pattern was not expressly intended.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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What it does not recognize is the third case, which we call emergent strategy where a realized pattern was not expressly intended.
The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994
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These people, which he calls emergent consumers, are characterized by their vision and thinking styles.
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These people, which he calls emergent consumers, are characterized by their vision and thinking styles.
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These people, which he calls emergent consumers, are characterized by their vision and thinking styles.
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These people, which he calls emergent consumers, are characterized by their vision and thinking styles.
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The other wing comes from young people within the Evangelical communities who are questioning and redefining their tradition and is known as "emergent" Christianity.
Rev. Roger Wolsey: Christianity For People Who Don't Like Christianity Rev. Roger Wolsey 2011
Veracious commented on the word emergent
Emergent phenomena is that of a developmentally expressive going-on; emergent nature is continual, progressively changing or transitional.
The emergent potential of something is growth yet to be realized.
June 25, 2015