Definition of Emerge

1. Verb. Come out into view, as from concealment. "Suddenly, the proprietor emerged from his office"

Generic synonyms: Appear
Specialized synonyms: Burst, Shell
Derivative terms: Emergence, Emergence, Emersion

2. Verb. Come out of. "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
Exact synonyms: Come Forth, Come Out, Egress, Go Forth, Issue
Specialized synonyms: Pop Out, Radiate, Leak, Escape, Fall, Debouch, Come Out, Fall Out
Derivative terms: Egress, Egress, Egression, Emersion, Issue

3. Verb. Become known or apparent. "Some nice results emerged from the study"
Generic synonyms: Appear
Derivative terms: Emergence, Emersion

4. Verb. Come up to the surface of or rise. "He felt new emotions emerge"
Generic synonyms: Come Up, Rise, Rise Up, Surface
Derivative terms: Emersion

5. Verb. Happen or occur as a result of something.
Exact synonyms: Come Forth
Generic synonyms: Arise, Develop, Grow, Originate, Rise, Spring Up, Uprise
Specialized synonyms: Break
Derivative terms: Emergent, Emersion

Definition of Emerge

1. 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.

Definition of Emerge

1. Verb. (intransitive) To come into view. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To become known. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emerge

1. to come out into view [v EMERGED, EMERGING, EMERGES]

Medical Definition of Emerge

1. To rise out of a fluid or other covering. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emerge

emerald
emerald ash borer
emerald ash borers
emerald creeper
emerald green
emerald shiner
emeraldine
emeraldines
emeraldlike
emeralds
emeraud
emeraude
emeraudes
emerauds
emerg
emerge (current term)
emerged
emergence
emergences
emergencies
emergency
emergency-brake
emergency brake
emergency brakes
emergency exit
emergency exits
emergency landing
emergency locator transmitter
emergency locator transmitters
emergency medical service

Literary usage of Emerge

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"I understand that I will be expected to pay an additional administrative fee to emerge every 8 weeks of my attendence. This administrative fee is for ..."

2. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... capture— The Ituri river again—We emerge upon a rolling plain—And forage in some villages—The mode of hut construction—The district of the ..."

3. The Century (1902)
"... where the Father of to dip beneath Central Park, emerge at One Hundred and Tenth street and Lenox Avenue, and proceed thence to the Bronx. ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... country will in time emerge from this war purified by me fires of war, and worthy its great founder, Washington. ..."

5. Batterer Intervention: Program Approaches & Criminal Justice Strategies by Christine Smith, Kerry Healey, Chris O'Sullivan (1999)
"I understand that I will be expected to pay an additional administrative fee to emerge every 8 weeks of my attendence. This administrative fee is for ..."

6. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... capture— The Ituri river again—We emerge upon a rolling plain—And forage in some villages—The mode of hut construction—The district of the ..."

7. The Century (1902)
"... where the Father of to dip beneath Central Park, emerge at One Hundred and Tenth street and Lenox Avenue, and proceed thence to the Bronx. ..."

8. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... country will in time emerge from this war purified by me fires of war, and worthy its great founder, Washington. ..."

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