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EMERGING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coming into existence
Example:
an emergent republic
Synonyms:
emergent; emerging
Classified under:
Similar:
nascent (being born or beginning)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coming to maturity
Example:
the rising generation
Synonyms:
emerging; rising
Classified under:
Similar:
future (yet to be or coming)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb emerge
Context examples:
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania aimed to develop a more selective technique by adapting an emerging approach used to fight cancer.
(Approach targets autoimmunity, NIH)
They are emerging toxins, which currently need to be tested to evaluate the risks that their presence in water and food might cause for humans and for the environment.
(Steaming Fish More Healthy than Boiling, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an emerging treatment for severe OCD when all other treatments fail.
(Deep brain stimulation may significantly improve OCD symptoms, University of Cambridge)
Emerging technologies refers to new techniques and devices, or older techniques being used in new ways.
(Emerging Technologies, NCI Thesaurus)
Powassan is the only endemic flavivirus spread by ticks in North America, where it is considered a re-emerging virus.
(Tick salivary glands can be a tool to study virus transmission and infection, National Institutes of Health)
H. pyogenes is an emerging pathogen.
(Helcococcus pyogenes, NCI Thesaurus)
L. grimontii is an emerging nosocomial pathogen, especially in immunocompromised patients.
(Leminorella grimontii, NCI Thesaurus)
You see I am only just emerging from my lowly station.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
L. richardii is an emerging nosocomial pathogen, especially in immunocompromised patients.
(Leminorella richardii, NCI Thesaurus)
As we entered I could have sworn I saw a vague bulk emerging to windward.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
