- coming into view or notice; issuing.
- emerging; rising from a liquid or other surrounding medium.
- coming into existence, especially with political independence: the emergent nations of Africa.
- arising casually or unexpectedly.
- calling for immediate action; urgent.
- displaying emergence.
- an aquatic plant having its stem, leaves, etc., extending above the surface of the water.
- coming into being or notice
- (of a nation) recently independent
- an aquatic plant with stem and leaves above the water
