emerge
VerbUS[ih-murj]/ɪˈmɝdʒ/2 syllablesalso [ee-merj] /ˈimɚdʒ/
Open English WordNet
Verb (5)emerges, emerged, emerging
- come out into view, as from concealment“Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office”More general appearMore specific burst, shell
- come out of“Water issued from the hole in the wall”“The words seemed to come out by themselves”Synonyms: issuecome outcome forthgo forthegressMore general come, come upMore specific come out, pop out, radiate, escape, leak, debouch, fall
- become known or apparent“Some nice results emerged from the study”More general appearMore specific break, out
- come up to the surface of or rise“He felt new emotions emerge”More general surface, come up
- happen or occur as a result of somethingSynonyms: come forthMore general originate, ariseMore specific break
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Translations
Verb to come into view
- Spanish
- emerger
- French
- émerger
- German
- auftauchen
- Italian
- emergere
- Portuguese
- emergir
- Russian
- появля́ться pojavljátʹsja
- Arabic
- ظَهَرَ ẓahara
- Chinese
- 出现 chūxiàn
- Swedish
- dyka upp
- Greek
- αναδύομαι anadýomai
Verb to come out of
- Spanish
- surgir
- French
- émerger
- Italian
- emergere
- Portuguese
- emergir
- Turkish
- ortaya çıkmak
- Chinese
- 出来 chūlái
- Dutch
- opduiken
- Swedish
- komma fram
- Greek
- αναδύομαι anadýomai
- Indonesian
- muncul
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
E·merge′ intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Emerged; present participle & verbal noun Emerging.]
Origin: L. emergere, emersum; e out + mergere to dip, plunge. See Merge.
To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity. “Thetis... emerging from the deep.” John Dryden
Those who have emerged from very low, some from the lowest, classes of society.— Edmund Burke
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54