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# emergent

«emergent» in Mova's school dictionary: **starting to appear, grow or become known** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (emergent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Emergent means starting to appear, grow or become known. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#m1)

2) (science) An emergent plant grows in water but its top sticks up out of the water, like a reed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#m2)

3) (science, rainforest) The emergent layer is the very top of a rainforest, where the tallest trees poke above the canopy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#m3)

4) (formal) An emergent property is something a whole group has that its single parts do not have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and science lessons pupils learn rainforest layers: forest floor, understorey, canopy, emergent layer. In pond studies, emergent plants grow at the edge. In everyday or formal talk, emergent means new and growing: «emergent readers» are children just starting to read. Phrases: «emergent layer», «emergent writing», «emergent technology».

### examples

- The emergent layer is home to eagles and monkeys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x1)
- The tallest trees in the rainforest are emergent trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x2)
- Reeds are emergent plants at the edge of the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x3)
- Teachers help emergent readers with simple books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x4)
- An ant colony is clever even though each ant is simple — that is an emergent property. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x5)
- Emergent countries are growing quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/#x6)

### note

Adjective only. Related: emerge (verb), emergence (noun). Do not confuse with «emergency» (a sudden dangerous event) — they share a root but mean different things. «Emerging» is the more common everyday word: «emerging markets».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «emergent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emergent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.