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Definition of emergent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

emergent

adjective
 
/ɪˈmɜːdʒənt/
 
/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənt/
[usually before noun]
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  1. new and still developing
    • emergent nations/states
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘occurring unexpectedly’): from Latin emergent- ‘arising from’, from the verb emergere ‘arise, bring to light’, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.
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