Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emerging

/ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.19 in modern English

Syllables: emerg-ing
IPA: /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.

verb

present participle and gerund of emerge

noun

Example Sentences

"America’s poverty line is $63 a day for a family of four. In the richer parts of the emerging world $4 a day is the poverty barrier. But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 ([…]): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short."
"We must endeavour to realize a succession of gradual sinkings or depressions into deep water, alternating with gradual emergings into shallows, and eventually a gradual continued lifting of the whole district[…]"

Etymology

By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/
British English: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/

Inflected Forms

more emerging (comparative) most emerging (superlative) emergings (plural)

Derived Forms

emergingly nonemerging unemerging

Phrases

emerging adult emerging market

Synonyms

emergent rising

Rhymes With

urging merging surging purging converging diverging verging splurging scourging resurging

Questions

How do you pronounce emerging?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒɪŋ/.
What does emerging mean?: Becoming prominent; emergent; rising.
Where does emerging come from?: By surface analysis, emerge + -ing.

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