burgeoning

Rarely bour·geon·ing

[bur-juh-ning]

adjective

1. growing or developing quickly.

   The company was criticized for not doing more to pare down its burgeoning debt.

2. (of a plant) putting forth buds, flowers, shoots, etc..

   The overcast sky was more than made up for by the brilliant purple blossoms of the burgeoning jacaranda trees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of burgeoning¹

burgeon ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The Seattle chain was an early entrant to China’s burgeoning consumer market, opening its first cafe in the country in 1999.

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Milan, Lisbon and Seville have grown into burgeoning tech, finance and startup hubs.

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Either way, that clip belongs to her joke-posting era, when the burgeoning comic performer tried out material on Twitter and sharpened her punchlines at New York City open mics.

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Like the U.S. broadly, rich people are keeping the party going in New York, and powering a burgeoning local economy that caters to the well-to-do.

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I stepped up to crank the freakiness dial, establishing a burgeoning personality trait, and voiced the question: “What do you look like?”

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