Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Newly formed or just coming into prominence; emergent.

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  • adjective Becoming prominent; newly formed; emergent; rising.
  • verb Present participle of emerge.

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  • adjective coming to maturity
  • adjective coming into existence

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Examples

  • Avoid the term emerging nations because those newly adapting to market economics usually have long been sovereign states.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • Avoid the term emerging nations because those newly adapting to market economics usually have long been sovereign states.

    Essential Guide to Business Style and Usage PAUL R. MARTIN 2002

  • With Wall Street again emerging from the bear cave, morbid fear of double dip is fading in the wake of upside corporate reports.

    The Aviation Boom Market Rick Whittington 2010

  • A number of CCTV cameras around King's Cross filmed Hussain emerging from the concourse on to a pavement packed with commuters holding umbrellas; many had been evacuated from the underground following the explosions, when Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Jermaine Lindsay had blown themselves up to devastating effect.

    7/7 footage at inquest shows final bomber Hasib Hussain Karen McVeigh 2010

  • The term "emerging" is used loosely among fund managers.

    When to Trust a Hedge-Fund Rookie Mary Pilon 2011

  • The term emerging markets was coined by economists at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in 1981, when the group was promoting the first mutual fund investments in developing countries.

    How To Define Emerging Markets Krishna G. Palepu 2010

  • One could argue that spirit's difficulty in emerging from the darkness of matter makes Ages a forerunner of negative dialectics, whether in the form of a "natural history"

    'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008

  • I crawled under the limbs on hands and knees and scooped handfuls of duff onto this "mattress" until it resembled a rusty coffin emerging from the earth.

    Field & Streams Ultimate Winter Survival Tips 2005

  • So President Bush is trawling for votes with the image of a flag-draped coffin emerging from the rubble of the World Trade Center.

    IsThatLegal? 2004

  • Plus, when the propane is on, it sounds rather like a high-speed train emerging from a tunnel and rushing past you.

    IsThatLegal? 2003

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    September 28, 2011