'Emergent' definitions:
Definition of 'emergent'
From: WordNet
adjective
Occurring unexpectedly and requiring urgent action; "emergent repair of an aorta"
adjective
Coming into existence; "an emergent republic" [syn: emergent, emerging]
Definition of 'Emergent'
From: GCIDE
- Emergent \E*mer"gent\, a. [L. emergens, p. pr. of emergere.]
- 1. Rising or emerging out of a fluid or anything that covers or conceals; issuing; coming to light. [1913 Webster]
- The mountains huge appear emergent. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Suddenly appearing; arising unexpectedly; calling for prompt action; urgent. [1913 Webster]
- Protection granted in emergent danger. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- Emergent year (Chron.), the epoch or date from which any people begin to compute their time or dates; as, the emergent year of Christendom is that of the birth of Christ; the emergent year of the United States is that of the declaration of their independence. -- {E*mer"gent*ly}, adv. -- {E*mer"gent*ness}, n. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emergent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- approaching,
- arising,
- charged,
- climacteric,
- coming,
- critical,
- crucial,
- decisive,
- desired,
- destinal,
- destined,
- determined,
- emanating,
- emanative,
- emanent,
- emerging,
- eventual,
- exigent,
- extrapolated,
- fatal,
- fated,
- fatidic,
- forthcoming,
- future,
- futuristic,
- hereafter,
- hoped-for,
- imminent,
- issuing,
- kairotic,
- later,
- loaded,
- nearing,
- pivotal,
- planned,
- plotted,
- predicted,
- pregnant,
- probable,
- projected,
- prophesied,
- prospective,
- surfacing,
- to come,
- to-be,
- transeunt,
- transient,
- ultimate
Words containing 'Emergent'
- Emerge,
- Emerged,
- Emergence,
- Emergences,
- Emergencies,
- Emergency,
- Emergently,
- Emergentness,
- Emerging,
- Emergent year,
- emergency brake,
- emergency exit,
- emergency landing,
- emergency medicine,
- emergency procedure,
- emergency room,
- emergent evolution,
- Re-emerge,
- emergency alert system,
- federal emergency management agency,
- united nations international children's emergency fund