budding

British  

/ ˈbʌdɪŋ /

adjective

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

   a budding genius

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budding Scientific  

/ bŭd′ĭng /

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.

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Example Sentences

Back in America, the budding liberal intellectual’s name was showing up atop impressive essays and reviews in the New Yorker and Partisan Review.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the late 1950s, a Lehman Brothers broker named Arthur L. Carter moved into an apartment in East Rockaway, New York, to raise his budding family.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’d built an online following, initially by filming herself trying various coffee drinks, and had a budding business advising people and companies on social-media strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal

But a budding romance and unusual restoration project prompts him to question his certainties.

From Los Angeles Times

Noticing a budding cast of AI influencers, she figured AI screen stars were next.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

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