emerge

[ ih-murj ]

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.

emerge

/ ɪˈmɜːdʒ /

verb

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. foll by from to come out (of) or live (through a difficult experience)

   he emerged from his ordeal with dignity

4. to become apparent

   several interesting things emerged from the report

Derived Forms

• eˈmerging, adjective

Other Words From

• ree·merge verb (used without object) reemerged reemerging
• une·merged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of emerge¹

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin ēmergere “to arise out of,” equivalent to ē- e- ¹ + mergere “to dive, sink”

Word History and Origins

Origin of emerge¹

C17: from Latin ēmergere to rise up from, from mergere to dip

Example Sentences

In conversation, her ideas emerge at a roiling boil that often takes on a momentum of its own.

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With Big Eyes a lot of people, myself included, were glad to see you emerge from the rabbit hole that is the CG world.

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But he's immersing himself, creating the density of felt detail from which fine performances emerge.

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A cynical old Chicago lawyer once described this as the theory that “out of the clash of lies, truth will emerge.”

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This fight looks like it will emerge as the major American wildlife campaign of the decade.

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And out of this thicket, alas, no two people ever emerge hand in hand in concord.

From Project Gutenberg

Buried, no doubt, in some garret hermitage or studio, they emerge thus weekly to greet silently the passing world.

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The shrewd, upright county gentleman was beginning to emerge, oddly, from the Apollo.

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But Roger's mother was evidently uneasy, as though Daphne might at any moment spring from the floor, or emerge from the walls.

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To see a white sheet of paper disappear for a moment and then emerge covered with letters was beyond their comprehension.

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Related Words

• appear
• arrive
• come up
• crop up
• develop
• loom
• materialize
• rise
• show
• surface
• turn up