budding
/'bʌdiɳ/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Beginning to develop or show signs of future potential: Used to describe a person, skill, or quality that is starting to grow and show promise of future success or full development.
Noun:
- (Biology) A form of asexual reproduction: A process in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud on the parent organism, common in some unicellular organisms like yeast and some multicellular organisms like hydra.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- She is a budding artist, already showing incredible talent in her sketches.
- The company invested in the budding entrepreneur's innovative idea.
- Noun:
- Yeast commonly reproduces by budding, where a smaller cell grows from the parent.
- The biology class observed budding in the hydra under the microscope.
Advanced Usage
- "budding romance": A romantic relationship that is just beginning to develop.
- There were signs of a budding romance between the two lead characters.
- "in the budding stage": In the very early phase of development.
- The project is still in the budding stage, so many details are not yet finalized.
Variants and Related Words
- Bud (noun/verb): A small protuberance on a plant that develops into a leaf, flower, or shoot; to begin to grow or develop.
- The rose buds are starting to open.
- Her interest in science budded during a school trip.
- Budded (adjective): Having produced buds.
- The budded branches signaled the arrival of spring.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Nascent, incipient, developing, promising, burgeoning.
- Noun: Gemmation (a more technical synonym in biology).
Related Phrases
- Nip in the bud: To stop something at an early stage before it can develop fully.
- The manager wanted to nip the conflict in the bud before it affected the whole team.
Adjective
- beginning to develop
- a budding genius
Noun
- reproduction of some unicellular organisms (such as yeasts) by growth and specialization followed by the separation by constriction of a part of the parent