EMERGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does emerge mean? 

• EMERGE (verb)
  The verb EMERGE has 5 senses:

1. come out into view, as from concealment

2. come out of

3. become known or apparent

4. come up to the surface of or rise

5. happen or occur as a result of something

  Familiarity information: EMERGE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMERGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they emerge    ... he / she / it emerges   
Past simple: emerged   
Past participle: emerged   
-ing form: emerging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come out into view, as from concealment

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office

Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):

burst (emerge suddenly)

shell (fall out of the pod or husk)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

emergence (the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent)

emergence (the becoming visible)

emersion (the act of emerging)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Come out of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue

Context example:

The words seemed to come out by themselves

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):

pop out (come out suddenly or forcefully)

radiate (issue or emerge in rays or waves)

leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)

escape (issue or leak, as from a small opening)

fall (come out; issue)

debouch (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers)

come out; fall out (come off)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

emersion (the act of emerging)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become known or apparent

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

Some nice results emerged from the study

Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):

appear (come into sight or view)

Sentence frame:

It ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

emergence (the gradual beginning or coming forth)

emersion (the act of emerging)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Come up to the surface of or rise

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He felt new emotions emerge

Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):

come up; rise; rise up; surface (come to the surface)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

emersion (the act of emerging)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Happen or occur as a result of something

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

come forth; emerge

Hypernyms (to "emerge" is one way to...):

arise; develop; grow; originate; rise; spring up; uprise (come into existence; take on form or shape)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "emerge"):

break (come forth or begin from a state of latency)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

emergent (coming into existence)

emersion (the act of emerging)

 Context examples 

The study estimates that some of the ridges emerged in the last billion years, while others may be no older than 40 million years old.

(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)

We rattled through an endless labyrinth of gas-lit streets until we emerged into Farrington Street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

These frequencies of light interact much more strongly with water vapour and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere which affects the climate that emerges in the model.

(Simulations show planet orbiting Proxima Centauri could have liquid water, Wikinews)

The Cambridge research is part of the emerging field of semi-artificial photosynthesis which aims to overcome the limitations of fully artificial photosynthesis by using enzymes to create the desired reaction.

(Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel, University of Cambridge)

The research adds to an emerging picture that connects intestinal microbes and disorders of the nervous system.

(Researchers connect brain blood vessel lesions to intestinal bacteria, NIH)

The Hall effect emerges when a magnetic field is applied to a conducting material in a direction perpendicular to a current flow.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)

UniSA's Dr Tobias Loetscher says the study provides new links between previously under-investigated eye movements and personality traits and delivers important insights for emerging fields of social signal processing and social robotics.

(Eyes Can Indicate Personality Type, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

As we entered I could have sworn I saw a vague bulk emerging to windward.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Their web site provides immediate access to existing life science research and integrates new data as it emerges.

(BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus)

A. butzleri is found in untreated water and slaughter houses and is an emerging foodborne pathogen.

(Arcobacter butzleri, NCI Thesaurus)