EMERGING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emerging mean? 

• EMERGING (adjective)
  The adjective EMERGING has 2 senses:

1. coming to maturity

2. coming into existence

  Familiarity information: EMERGING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMERGING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coming to maturity

Synonyms:

emerging; rising

Context example:

the rising generation

Similar:

future (yet to be or coming)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coming into existence

Synonyms:

emergent; emerging

Context example:

an emergent republic

Similar:

nascent (being born or beginning)

 Context examples 

Following the GW170817 merger, ESO’s fleet of telescopes began monitoring the emerging kilonova explosion over a wide range of wavelengths.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)

E. taylorae is an emerging opportunistic, nosocomial borne pathogen.

(Enterobacter taylorae, NCI Thesaurus)

C. symbiosum is an emerging pathogen but rarely isolated from clinical specimens.

(Clostridium symbiosum, NCI Thesaurus)

For the first time, astronomers have detected a signal from stars emerging in the early universe.

(Astronomers detect ancient signal from first stars in universe, National Science Foundation)

The screening method provides a potential new approach to repurpose known drugs and compounds to potentially help deal with powerful, hospital-borne infections, as well as emerging infectious diseases.

(Research on new, rapid screening test identifies potential therapies against drug-resistant bacteria, NIH)

Emerging evidence suggests that people infected with SARS-CoV-2 might be spreading virus without recognizing, or prior to recognizing, symptoms.

(New coronavirus stable for hours on surface, National Institutes of Health)

In a new study, the researchers describe the emerging role of interrelationships of organisms and their environment in understanding flooding.

(Plant physiology will be major contributor to future river flooding, National Science Foundation)

Imaging in the infrared part of the spectrum, JIRAM captures images of light emerging from deep inside Jupiter equally well, night or day.

(Jupiter’s Jet-Streams Are Unearthly, NASA)

Emerging evidence has suggested that sudden onset of diabetes after age 50 could be an early symptom of some pancreatic cancers.

(New Approach to Pancreatic Cancer Screening May Help Catch Disease Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Furthermore, there is an emerging body of literature that suggests gut bacteria can impact brain function.

(Probiotics May Not Always Be A Silver Bullet for Better Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)