Emerge
Pronunciation
- IPA: /i.'mÉšdÊ’/
- Rhymes: -ÉœË(r)dÊ’
Origin
Late 16th Century From Middle French emerger, from Latin emergere ("to rise up or out"), from e-, a variant of ex- ("out, forth"), + mergere ("to dip, to sink")
Full definition of emerge
Verb
- (intransitive) To come into view.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 12, There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs, …, and all these articles … made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 17, The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. ….
- 2006, Edwin Black, Internal Combustion Chapter 2, Throughout the 1500s, the populace roiled over a constellation of grievances of which the forest emerged as a key focal point. The popular late Middle Ages fictional character Robin Hood, dressed in green to symbolize the forest, dodged fines for forest offenses and stole from the rich to give to the poor. But his appeal was painfully real and embodied the struggle over wood.
- 2011, November 10, Jeremy Wilson, England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, With such focus from within the footballing community this week on Remembrance Sunday, there was something appropriate about Colchester being the venue for last night’s game. Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.
- (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
- 2012, Anna Lena Phillips, Sneaky Silk Moths, Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
- He emerged unscathed from the accident.The Soviet Union emerged from the ruins of an empire.The submarine emerged from the ocean.
- (intransitive) To become known.Gradually the truth emerged.