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emerge - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'emerge' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emerge [ v. i.]
- To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from the water or the ocean; the sun emerges from behind the moon in an eclipse; to emerge from poverty or obscurity.

Meaning of 'emerge' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . emerge [ v]
Meaning (1):
- come up to the surface of or rise
Example in sentence:
  • He felt new emotions emerge
Meaning (2):
- become known or apparent
Example in sentence:
  • Some nice results emerged from the study
Meaning (3):
- come out into view, as from concealment
Example in sentence:
  • Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office
Meaning (4):
- come out of
Example in sentence:
  • The words seemed to come out by themselves;
  • Water issued from the hole in the wall