emerge
Use Emerge in a sentence
verb (used without object), e·merged, e·merg·ing.
1.
to come forth into view or notice, as from concealment or obscurity: a ghost emerging from the grave; a ship emerging from the fog.
2.
to rise or come forth from or as if from water or other liquid.
3.
to come up or arise, as a question or difficulty.
4.
to come into existence; develop.
5.
to rise, as from an inferior or unfortunate state or condition.
Related forms
re·e·merge, verb (used without object), re·e·merged, re·e·merg·ing.
un·e·merged, adjective
Synonym Study
1. Emerge, emanate, issue mean to come forth. Emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons. Issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building.
1. Emerge, emanate, issue mean to come forth. Emerge is used of coming forth from a place shut off from view, or from concealment, or the like, into sight and notice: The sun emerges from behind the clouds. Emanate is used of intangible things, as light or ideas, spreading from a source: Rumors often emanate from irresponsible persons. Issue is often used of a number of persons, a mass of matter, or a volume of smoke, sound, or the like, coming forth through any outlet or outlets: The crowd issued from the building.
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emerge (ɪˈmɜːdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (often foll by from) | |
| 1. | to come up to the surface of or rise from water or other liquid |
| 2. | to come into view, as from concealment or obscurity: he emerged from the cave |
| 3. | ( |
| 4. | to become apparent: several interesting things emerged from the report |
| [C17: from Latin ēmergere to rise up from, from mergere to dip] | |
| e'merging | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
emerge
1560s, from M.Fr. emerger, from L. emergere "rise out or up," from ex- "out" + mergere "to dip, sink" (see merge). The notion is of rising from a liquid by virtue of buoyancy.
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Example sentences
Restaurants and nightclubs spring up almost weekly, and new buildings emerge on the skyline with regularity.
The patterns that emerge fail to draw us in, fail to invite us to participate in the connectivity of the world.
And when the sun shines through, rainbow colors emerge.
Shapes emerge from the chaos, and the shapes begin to sing.
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