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Word emerge
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ɪˈmɜːdʒ / NAmE / ɪˈmɜːrdʒ /
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  • the swimmer emerged from the lake.
  • she finally emerged from her room at noon.
  • he emerged from the shadows.
  • we emerged into bright sunlight.
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emerge

(verb)BrE / ɪˈmɜːdʒ / NAmE / ɪˈmɜːrdʒ /
  1. to come out of a dark, confined or hidden place.
    • The swimmer emerged from the lake.
    • She finally emerged from her room at noon.
    • He emerged from the shadows.
    • We emerged into bright sunlight.
  2. to become known
    • synonym transpire
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/transpire
    • No new evidence emerged during the investigation.
    • It emerged that the company was going to be sold.
  3. to start to exist; to appear or become known
    • After the elections opposition groups began to emerge.
    • the emerging markets of South Asia
    • He emerged as a key figure in the campaign.
  4. to survive a difficult situation or experience
    • She emerged from the scandal with her reputation intact.

    Extra Examples

    • It subsequently emerged that he had known about the deal all along.
    • One thing emerges very clearly from this study.
    • Problems with this drug are now beginning to emerge.
    • Several facts started to emerge from my investigation.
    • The answer to the problem quickly emerged.
    • What eventually emerged from the election disaster was a realization that it was time for change.
    • His enormous talent had emerged fully formed.
    • The Pacific region has rapidly emerged as a leading force on the world stage.
    • The plant has fully emerged from the soil.
    • The world is only slowly emerging from recession.
    • They suddenly emerged into brilliant sunshine.
    • newly emerging areas of science
    • the musical forms that emerged out of the American black experience
    • A figure emerged from the darkness.
    • He rapidly emerged as a key figure in the campaign.
    • She disappeared into the house and emerged a few seconds later carrying a suitcase.
    • The crabs emerge at low tide to look for food.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they emerge
    • he / she / it emerges
    • past simple emerged
    • past participle emerged
    • -ing form emerging

    Word Origin

    • late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘become known, come to light’): from Latin emergere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out, forth’ + mergere ‘to dip’.
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