Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
emerging. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
emerging, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
emerging in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
emerging you have here. The definition of the word
emerging will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
emerging, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.
Pronunciation
Adjective
emerging (comparative more emerging, superlative most emerging)
- Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11: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.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
emerging
- present participle and gerund of emerge
Noun
emerging (plural emergings)
- Emergence.
1857, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection: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 […]