emerging

[ ih-mur-jing ]

adjective

1. emergent ( def 3 ):

   emerging nations.

Other Words From

• une·merging adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emerging¹

First recorded in 1640–50; emerge + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Models such as contextual targeting, however, which has been around since the start of the programmatic era, are re-emerging as an approach of choice for advertisers seeking to provide a positive user experience for potential customers.

From Digiday

There are already places like this emerging around the country, and marketing themselves this way.

From The Daily Beast

First, the ghost of his departed partner, Jacob Marley, comes calling, his face emerging from the doorknob.

From The Daily Beast

She went off to art school and quickly became enveloped in the emerging punk scene.

From The Daily Beast

The caller mentioned my work, which focused primarily on consumer products, mobile apps, emerging start-ups, and web trends.

From The Daily Beast

The emerging epidemic among young people is not because they really do not get the message about HIV.

From The Daily Beast

The thick torso of a man who squatted like a toad could be seen partly emerging from the shrubs.

From Project Gutenberg

Emerging from this we came into the castle court, the center of the small plateau on the summit of the rock.

From Project Gutenberg

In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

From Project Gutenberg

Emerging on it, Lamb lit a cigaret and went back around the block to Engel's place.

From Project Gutenberg

Still others may have survived by adapting themselves to the changed conditions, emerging as new species or well-marked varieties.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• ascending
• climbing
• growing
• increasing
• soaring
• spiraling
• surging