emergent

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈmɝdʒənt/ UK /ɪˈmɜːdʒənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
arising or coming into existence; newly forming or urgent

The clinic was equipped to handle emergent medical cases.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · arising or coming into... emerging nascent arising incipient developing urgent

Opposites

declining established waning disappearing

Word family

Derived forms emergenceemergently

Related forms emerge emergency merge

Etymology

From Latin emergentem, present participle of emergere ('to rise up, come forth'), from e- ('out') + mergere ('to dip, plunge').

emergere Latin mergere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# emergent

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmɝdʒənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmɜːdʒənt/

## Meanings
1. arising or coming into existence; newly forming or urgent

## Examples
- The clinic was equipped to handle emergent medical cases.

## Synonyms
- emerging
- nascent
- arising
- incipient
- developing
- urgent

## Antonyms
- declining
- established
- waning
- disappearing

## Derived Forms
- emergence
- emergently

## Related Forms
- emerge
- emergency
- merge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: emergere
- Root: mergere

## Etymology
From Latin emergentem, present participle of emergere ('to rise up, come forth'), from e- ('out') + mergere ('to dip, plunge').

## AI Etymology
Emergent is from Latin emergentem, present participle of emergere ('to rise up, come forth'), from e- ('out') + mergere ('to dip, plunge'). Important recorded forms include emergere (Latin) and mergere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers arising or coming into existence; newly forming or urgent. The wider family includes derived forms such as emergence and emergently and related words such as emerge, emergency, and merge.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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