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EMERGE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come out into view, as from concealment

Example:

Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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:

Become known or apparent

Example:

Some nice results emerged from the study

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 3

Meaning:

Come out of

Example:

The words seemed to come out by themselves

Synonyms:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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 4

Meaning:

Come up to the surface of or rise

Example:

He felt new emotions emerge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

Synonyms:

come forth; emerge

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

You can emerge from rehab or a series of meetings with your therapist feeling new, as if a weight has been lifted off your shoulders.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We emerged at last into a small road, lined with old, gloomy houses, which led us into Manchester Street, and so to Blandford Street.

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

The screening method provides a potential new approach to repurpose known drugs and compounds to potentially help deal with powerful, hospital-borne infections, as well as emerging infectious diseases.

(Research on new, rapid screening test identifies potential therapies against drug-resistant bacteria, NIH)

These regions remained climatologically stable as the world emerged from the last ice age, allowing such species to persist.

(Nearly 40% of plant species are very rare, and vulnerable to climate change, National Science Foundation)

“At first, we couldn’t understand how the gases could emerge much colder than the molten lava sloshing in the lake.”

(Size matters: if you are a bubble of volcanic gas, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The west countryman had emerged from his dressing-tent, followed by Dutch Sam and Tom Owen, who were acting as his seconds.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then by what right did Martin Eden emerge, as he had so recently emerged, from his rag-time and working-class songs, and pass judgment on the world's music?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

In the last decade, perovskite materials have emerged as promising alternatives.

(‘Messy’ production of perovskite material increases solar cell efficiency, University of Cambridge)

Thousands of previously uncharted mountains rising from the seafloor, called seamounts, have emerged through the map, along with new clues about the formation of the continents.

(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)

As antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains emerge and pose increasing health risks, says Lynda Williams, a biogeochemist at Arizona State University (ASU), new antibacterial agents are urgently needed.

(New answer to MRSA, other 'superbug' infections: clay minerals?, NSF)