emerge

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[edit] Etymology

[late 16th century.] Latin emergere derived from e- (a variant of ex-), meaning 'out, forth' and mergere meaning 'to dip'.

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Infinitive
to emerge

Third person singular
emerges

Simple past
emerged

Past participle
emerged

Present participle
emerging

to emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)

  1. (intransitive) To come into view.
  2. (intransitive) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
    • The submarine emerged from the ocean.
  3. (intransitive) To become known.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

emerge

  1. Third-person singular present tense of emergere.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Verb

emerge (infinitive: emerger)

  1. informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of emerger.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of emerger.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of emerger.