budding
adjective/ˈbʌdɪŋ/
/ˈbʌdɪŋ/
[only before noun]- beginning to develop or become successful
- a budding artist/writer
- our budding romance
- The budding young star is now hot property in Hollywood.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBudding is used with these nouns:- artist
- entrepreneur
- musician
- …
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