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[ UK /ɪmˈɜːd‍ʒənt/ ]
[ US /ˈimɝdʒənt, ɪˈmɝdʒənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. coming into existence
    an emergent republic
  2. 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.
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