First Known Use: 1563
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emerge
verb \i-ˈmərj\
: to become known or apparent
: to become known or regarded as something
: to rise or appear from a hidden or unknown place or condition : to come out into view
emergedemerg·ing
Full Definition of EMERGE
intransitive verb
1
: to become manifest : become known <new problems emerged>
2
: to rise from or as if from an enveloping fluid : come out into view <a diver emerging from the water>
3
: to rise from an obscure or inferior position or condition <someone must emerge as a leader>
4
: to come into being through evolution
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Origin of EMERGE
Latin emergere, from e- + mergere to plunge — more at merge
Related to EMERGE
- Synonyms
- come up, crop (up), arise, materialize, spring (up), surface
EMERGED Defined for Kids
emerge
verb \i-ˈmərj\
emergedemerg·ing
Definition of EMERGE for Kids
1
: to come out or into view <Once more the boys emerged into the open; but the dangers of the night were not yet over … — J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan>
2
: to become known <The facts of the case began to emerge.>
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