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emergent Definition

emer·gent (ē mʉr′jənt, i-)

adjective

  1. emerging
  2. arising unexpectedly or as a new or improved development
  3. recently founded or newly independent an emergent nation

Etymology: < L emergens, prp. of emergere

emergent Synonyms

emergent

modif.

  1. Emerging

    emanant, outgoing, efflorescent, issuing forth, emanating, rising, developing, new.

  2. Urgent

    pressing, sudden, immediate; see urgent 1.

emergent Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • vegetation: The larvae are aquatic, feeding below the surface on the submerged parts of emergent vegetation.
  • phenomenon: This is the sense in which emergent phenomena define " levels " .
  • reader: John Townsend has written over 100 books designed to switch on emergent readers.
  • literacy: On refining theoretical models of emergent literacy: The role of empirical evidence.
  • behavior: Somehow the simple laws of the agents generate an emergent behavior far beyond their individual capacities.
  • finding: Here the emergent findings are discussed, together with their implications for practice development.

Modifying Another Word

  • newly: But the sentence also suggests newly emergent meanings, not yet clearly understood.
  • then: The overall nature of the organism is then emergent from the sum of these local functions.
  • truly: The Singleplayer and Co-op modes are truly emergent and unpredictable.