Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense emerges, present participle emerging, past tense, past participle emerged
1. verb
To emerge means to come out from an enclosed or dark space such as a room or a vehicle, or from a position where you could not be seen.
Richard was waiting outside the door as she emerged. [VERB]
The postman emerged from his van soaked to the skin. [VERB + from]
...holes made by the emerging adult beetle. [VERB-ing]
Synonyms: come out, appear, come up, surface More Synonyms of emerge
2. verb
If you emerge from a difficult or bad experience, you come to the end of it.
There is growing evidence that the economy is at last emerging from recession. [VERB + from]
...their plans to emerge from bankruptcy by February of next year. [VERBfrom noun]
3. verb
If a fact or result emerges from a period of thought, discussion, or investigation, it becomes known as a result of it.
...the growing corruption that has emerged in the past few years. [VERB]
It soon emerged that neither the July nor August mortgage repayment had been collected. [VERB that]
The emerging caution over numbers is perhaps only to be expected. [VERB-ing]
4. verb
If someone or something emergesas a particular thing, they become recognized as that thing.
[journalism]
He emerged as a major figure in the reform movement. [Vas n]
Vietnam has emerged as the world's third-biggest rice exporter. [VERB + as]
New leaders have emerged. [VERB]
5. verb
When something such as an organization or an industry emerges, it comes into existence.
[journalism]
...the new republic that emerged in October 1917. [VERB]
New skills are demanded for emerging industries. [VERB-ing]
More Synonyms of emerge
emerge in British English
(ɪˈmɜːdʒ)
verb(intransitive; often foll byfrom)
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
emerging (eˈmerging)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Latin ēmergere to rise up from, from mergere to dip
emerge in American English
(iˈmɜrdʒ; ɪˈmɜrdʒ)
verb intransitiveWord forms: eˈmerged or eˈmerging
1.
to rise from or as from a surrounding fluid
2.
a.
to come forth into view; become visible
b.
to become apparent or known
3.
to develop or evolve as something new, improved, etc.
a strong breed emerged
Word origin
L emergere < e-, out + mergere, to dip, immerse: see merge
Examples of 'emerge' in a sentence
emerge
The untold story has emerged as a result of the auction of previously unseen footage of the couple's visit to the Greek capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Yet out of such pairings emerges something special.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
What did they endure along the way and how did they emerge from the experience?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is still not clear when the results will emerge.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The patterns that emerge can become adored as beautiful objects.
Michael Boulter EXTINCTION: Evolution and the End of Man (2002)
They only tend to emerge as young adults when they have gained the confidence to run away.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Often these repressed experiences first emerge in dreams.
Christianity Today (2000)
The adults have emerged and are agog for life.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He emerged from both experiences with an unblemished reputation for being a nice man.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It emerged another adult eyewitness was helped out of the country before trial.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And most emerge from the experience with their heads on back to front and their knees in bits.
The Sun (2008)
It has pledged to invest $10m when the company emerges from bankruptcy.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Though his worst nightmare became harsh reality, something unexpectedly wonderful emerged from it.
The Sun (2015)
Over the past five years, emerging economies have become increasingly vocal about its shortcomings.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
By 2020 local government will emerge as something rather different from what we have known.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But it gradually emerges that something isn't right.
The Times Literary Supplement (2011)
A rare chance emerges to become seriously rich.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The larger carrier painted a picture of its glorious future as a stand-alone airline once it emerged from bankruptcy.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But as more details begin to emerge, it becomes clear that this was an accident waiting to happen.
The Sun (2014)
Full post-mortem results will emerge today.
The Sun (2006)
The format for the final is slightly different to preceding shows, as the result will emerge tonight rather than on the following day.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
If so, this is another possible explanation for the apparently contradictory results that have emerged from studies of immune parameters in depressed patients.
Dylan Evans PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003)
The loser emerged with more dignity, more class, and more courage than the winner.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Something is emerging here, you feel, that cannot be hidden.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This has been a tawdry affair, and the only person to emerge with his dignity intact is Hester.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
emerge
British English: emerge VERB
To emerge means to come out from a place.
He was waiting outside the door as she emerged.
American English: emerge
Brazilian Portuguese: surgir
Chinese: > 出现从视线以外的地方
European Spanish: salir
French: surgir
German: auftauchen
Italian: apparire
Japanese: 現われる
Korean: ~에서 나오다
European Portuguese: surgir
Latin American Spanish: salir
Chinese translation of 'emerge'
emerge
(ɪˈməːdʒ)
vi
(= come out)[person]出来(來) (chūlái)
(= become known)[evidence, facts]暴露 (bàolù)
(= come into existence)[new idea, movement, society]兴(興)起 (xīngqǐ)