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UK
/ɪmˈɜːdʒənt/
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[ US /ˈimɝdʒənt, ɪˈmɝdʒənt/ ]
[ US /ˈimɝdʒənt, ɪˈmɝdʒənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
coming into existence
an emergent republic -
occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action
emergent repair of an aorta
How To Use emergent In A Sentence
- The uniform canopy is dominated by broadleaf species, mainly kamahi (Weinmannia racemosa) and tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa), with some emergent podocarps (e.g., rimu and matai). Northland temperate forests
- She wouldn't get any surgery, and she is going to need emergently, so they try to exhaust all the capabilities of the military trying to find a neurosurgeon and simply could not find one that would come in time. CNN Transcript Jan 19, 2010
- Circumcision is never required “urgently or emergently” to resolve phimosis. Neonatal Circumcision (Controversy? Who, Moi?)
- Colossal emergents with overarching crowns a hundred meters across dominated the chlorotic topog'raphy, while smaller yet still gigantic growths fought for a share of life-giving sunlight. Mid Flinx
- Emergent species like the strangler fig (Ficus dugandii) may reach heights of over 60 m while very abundant epiphytes such as Araceae sp and Cyclanthaceae sp. cover the lower parts of tree trunks and ferns help make up the dense understory. Western Ecuador moist forests
- Some mangrove stands are close to tropophilous semi-deciduous seasonal forests, characterized by one or two strata, and heights from 5 to 8 m, with emergent individuals up to 10-12 m. Coastal Venezuelan mangroves
- Too much pressure now could help to derail Indonesia's emergent democracy.
- During the Miocene the shelf was intermittently emergent, and the submarine canyons were extended to the shelf area through headward erosion.
- The three-card trick relies on what is variously known in psychology as 'emergent norm theory' or 'crowd psychology' or what I like to call 'sheep theory'.
- Emergent novelty in a video game is tremendous fun; emergent novelty in our airplane traffic-control system would be a national emergency.