Emergent

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Coming into view, existence, or notice: emergent spring shoots; an emergent political leader.
  • adj. Emerging: emergent nations.
  • adj. Rising above a surrounding medium, especially a fluid.
  • adj. Arising or occurring unexpectedly: money laid aside for emergent contingencies.
  • adj. Demanding prompt action; urgent.
  • adj. Occurring as a consequence; resultant: economic problems emergent from the restriction of credit.
  • n. One that is coming into view or existence: "The giant redwoods . . . outstrip the emergents of the rain forest, which rarely reach two hundred feet” ( Catherine Caulfield).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. emerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
  • adj. taller than the surrounding vegetation
  • adj. having leaves and flowers above the water
  • adj. Having gameplay that arises from its mechanics, rather than a linear storyline.
  • n. A plant whose root system grows underwater, but whose shoot, leaves and flowers grows up and above the water.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light.
  • adj. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. That which emerges or comes forth; that which appears or comes into view; a natural occurrence.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
  • adj. coming into existence
  • Equivalent
    sudden    nascent   
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    issuing    urgent   
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    convergent    detergent    divergent    insurgent    resurgent    urgent   
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