emergent

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Synonyms: emerge, emergence, emerged, emerging, emerges, emergency, emulgent, exercent, vergent, margent, exurgent

Antonyms: emerge, emergence, emerged, emerging, emerges, emergency, emulgent, exercent, vergent, margent, exurgent

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Adjective

1. [[emerge|Emerging]]; coming into [[view]] or into [[existence]]; [[nascent]]; [[new]].
2. Arising [[unexpectedly]], especially if also calling for immediate reaction.
3. {{lb|en|especially|medicine}} Constituting an [[emergency]].
4. {{lb|en|botany}} [[tall|Taller]] than the surrounding vegetation.
5. {{lb|en|botany|of a water-dwelling plant}} Having leaves and flowers above the water.
6. {{lb|en|video games}} Having [[gameplay]] that arises from its [[mechanics]], rather than a [[linear]] [[storyline]].
7. {{senseid|en|being more than the sum of its parts}} {{lb|en|philosophy|epistemology|science}} That arises at a higher level than that of its components and is not [[explainable]] by the behaviour of said components taken individually; having [[property|properties]] as a [[whole]] that are more [[complex]] than the properties contributed by each of the components individually.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|botany}} A [[plant]] whose [[root]] system grows underwater, but whose [[shoot]], [[leaf|leaves]] and [[flower]]s grow up and above the water.

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