Emerge

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To rise from or as if from immersion: Sea mammals must emerge periodically to breathe.
  • verb-intransitive. To come forth from obscurity: new leaders who may emerge.
  • verb-intransitive. To become evident: The truth emerged at the inquest.
  • verb-intransitive. To come into existence. See Synonyms at appear.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To come into view.
  • v. To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
  • v. To become known.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To rise from or out of anything that surrounds, covers, or conceals; come forth; appear, as from concealment; come into view, as into a higher position or state: as, to emerge from the water or from the ocean; the sun emerges from behind a cloud, or from an eclipse; to emerge from poverty, obscurity, or misfortune.
  • To issue; proceed.
  • To come into existence; pass from being in cause to being in act.
  • To immerge; sink.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. happen or occur as a result of something
  • v. become known or apparent
  • v. come out into view, as from concealment
  • v. come out of
  • v. come up to the surface of or rise
  • Verb Form
    emerged    emerges    emerging   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appear    rise up    come up    surface    rise   
    Cross Reference
    arise   
    Hyponym
    come out    leak    fall    radiate    fallout    pop out    escape    debouch   
    Form
    emerged    emerging   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    converge    dirge    diverge    merge    purge    reemerge    scourge    serge    splurge    spurge   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts