Emergent Meaning
/ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjEmerging; coming into view or into existence; nascent; new.
adjArising unexpectedly, especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
Sentence Examples
Life is an emergent property of chemistry.
Consciousness is an emergent property of the brain.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ technology startup received huge investments from venture capitalists.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many ____ economies are growing rapidly in parts of the world.
Word Origin & History
From Latin ēmergēns, present participle of ēmergō. The medical sense is a back-formation from emergency.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The chief precepts of their priests enjoin the strict keeping of their Lents, which are at least seven months in every year, and are not to be dispensed with on the most emergent necessity. Letter 43"
— 1763, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, The Turkish Embassy Letters:
"Therefore, patients with ulcerative colitis should ideally be treated before they become emergent cases with toxic megacolon or perforation of the colon."
— 1987, Navy Medicine, page 8:
"Bleeding manifestations in chronic DIC are more subacute than in acute DIC, but may become emergent as DIC progresses."
— 2001, Christopher Hillyer, Krista L. Hillyer, Frank Strobl, Leigh Jefferies, Leslie Silberstein, Handbook of Transfusion Medicine, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 206:
"As a rule, esophageal disorders become emergent when the airway is compromised either by the initial insult or by a high risk of aspiration."
— 2017, A. Joseph Layon, Andrea Gabrielli, Mihae Yu, Kenneth E. Wood, Civetta, Taylor, & Kirby's Critical Care Medicine, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN:
"Before communication and cognition impair decision-making, and before the medical needs for interventions become emergent, advance decisions about nutrition and ventilation must be discussed."
— 2019, Walter R. Frontera, Joel A. DeLisa, Bruce M. Gans, Lawrence R. Robinson, DeLisa's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Principles and Practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ technology startup received huge investments from venture capitalists.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Many ____ economies are growing rapidly in parts of the world.