budding

/ ˈbʌdɪŋ /

adjective

1. at an early stage of development but showing promise or potential

   a budding genius

budding

1. A form of asexual reproduction in living organisms in which new individuals form from outgrowths (buds) on the bodies of mature organisms. These outgrowths grow by means of mitotic cell division. Many simple multicellular animals such as hydras and unicellular organisms such as yeasts reproduce by budding.

Example Sentences

At Wooster, James ran the campus pub and joined a club for budding investors.

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Balletto’s grapes typically start budding in late February or early March.

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A smallish example is water companies in the United Kingdom, where years of strong performance masked budding problems with pollution and customer dissatisfaction.

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Six years ago, before he was seen as a budding star at USC, Jahkeem Stewart stood at the base of that levee in Algiers on a muggy day, drenched in sweat.

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He was promoting his vision of Mexico’s still budding national identity.

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Related Words

• burgeoning 
• fledgling 
• growing 
• incipient 
• nascent 
• promising