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emerging

/ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/US/ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/

emerging adjective: becoming prominent; emergent; rising. Also the present participle and gerund of emerge.

Adjective

emerging (comparative more emerging, superlative most emerging)

  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.2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11

Noun

emerging (plural emergings)

  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[…]1857, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection

Also used as

emerging is also the present participle and gerund of emerge.

emerging meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Telugu and Kannada

emerging in Marathi

उदयास येत आहे

emerging in Bengali

উদীয়মান

emerging in Telugu

ఉద్భవిస్తోంది, ఆవిర్భవిస్తోంది, ఉద్భవిస్తున్నది

emerging in Kannada

ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮುತ್ತಿದೆ
More languagesFewer languages
emerging in Punjabi
ਉੱਭਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਉੱਭਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ
emerging in Odia
ଉଦୀଯ଼ମାନ
emerging in Nepali
उदीयमान

Examples of emerging in a sentence

  • There’s a clear pattern of behavior emerging.
  • The paranormal investigators then aimed their cameras in the direction from which the black mass had been seen emerging.
  • Research on the effects of NMN supplements is still emerging, and more investigation is needed.

All 40 example sentences with emerging

Forms of emerging

Adjective
comparativemore emerging
superlativemost emerging
Noun
pluralemergings

Origin of emerging

By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.

Words formed from emerging

Phrases with emerging

Questions about emerging

What does emerging mean?
Emerging means becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
What is emerging in Marathi?
Emerging in Marathi is उदयास येत आहे. See Emerging meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is emerging?
Emerging can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce emerging?
Emerging is pronounced /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near emerging in the dictionary

  1. emergest
  2. emergeth
  3. emergetic
  4. emergicenter
  5. emergicenters
  6. emerging
  7. emerging adult
  8. emerging adults
  9. emerging market
  10. emerging markets
  11. emergingly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: emerging (page history and authors); emerging (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); emerging (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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