emerging

/ɪˈmʌrdʒɪŋ/

/ɛˈmʌdʒɪŋ/

Things that are emerging are just being born — or they're reaching an adult state. The important thing is they're growing and developing.

You could say an improved baseball team is an emerging force in the National League, or a new disease is an emerging threat. Emerging things can be brand new but aren't necessarily: they could just be beginning to develop. Emerging means something close to sprouting — when you think of this word, think "growing."

Definitions of emerging

1. adjective

   coming into existence
   synonyms: emergent

   nascent

   being born or beginning
2. adjective

   coming to maturity
   synonyms: rising

   future

   yet to be or coming