budding
Britishadjective
Explanation
Something that is described as budding is growing brand new buds. A budding rose bush is getting ready to burst into bloom. If you are in a budding romance, it is also just about to burst into a new phase of excitement. Ooh la la. When a tree or flower is budding, it's showing signs of the branches and blossoms that will soon appear. The same is true of a person who's described as budding — if you're a budding filmmaker, you're new at making movies but already show great promise. Budding most likely comes from the Old French boter, "push forward or thrust."
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Example Sentences
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“The Complete Notebooks” traces Camus’s development from a budding writer in colonial Algeria to a journalist of the French Resistance to a revered public intellectual.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Time Warner’s 2000 merger with budding internet giant AOL, then the largest-ever corporate merger, ended in disaster.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
In its place was a budding love for the search for truth and beauty that math was offering, and a sense of purpose and meaning that he had not felt before.
From Slate • May 2, 2026
He was part of a band in middle school that performed songs he wrote, while a budding songwriting career began in his university years.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Thanks to Maria’s training, they were both accomplished artists and budding naturalists in their own right, but they had been severely limited in other ways.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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