Antonyms for emergent


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ih-mur-juh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɜr dʒənt


Definition of emergent

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin emergentem (nominative emergens), present participle of emergere (see emerge).
  • adj resulting
Example sentences :
  • The former is again divided into "antecedent," "emergent," and "absolute."
  • Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya
  • But that was not the Emergent Moment of which I would speak.
  • Extract from : « From Pillar to Post » by John Kendrick Bangs
  • The Angle which the emergent Rays contained, with the incident 45 deg.
  • Extract from : « Opticks » by Isaac Newton
  • It is the first comprehensive review of emergent relief work following great disasters.
  • Extract from : « The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 » by Various
  • The Polynesians met this emergent danger with various expedients of activity and prevention.
  • Extract from : « In the South Seas » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Emergent is the correlation of core hammerstones and the presence of manos and metates.
  • Extract from : « The Topanga Culture Final Report on Excavations, 1948 » by A. E. Treganza
  • Britain is an emergent mass of land rising from a submarine platform that attaches it to the Continent of Europe.
  • Extract from : « The Cornwall Coast » by Arthur L. Salmon
  • Upon this plain fact the people of the emergent New Republic will unhesitatingly go.
  • Extract from : « Anticipations » by Herbert George Wells
  • Emergent plans, both as to relief and medical or other care should, of course, be prompt and adequate.
  • Extract from : « Broken Homes » by Joanna C. Colcord
  • Why do we here desire the flower of some emergent feeling to grow from the air, or from the soil, or from humanity to greet us?
  • Extract from : « New Italian sketches » by John Addington Symonds

Synonyms for emergent

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