emerge
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
[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”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
emerge (third-person singular simple present emerges, present participle emerging, simple past and past participle emerged)
- (intransitive) To come into view.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion[1]:
- 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”, Telegraph:
- 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.
- 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, Internal Combustion[1]:
- (intransitive, copulative) To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
- 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.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to come into view
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to come out of
to become known
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Italian [edit]
Verb [edit]
emerge
- third-person singular present indicative of emergere
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
ēmerge
- second-person singular present active imperative of ēmergō
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
emerge (infinitive emerger)
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of emerger.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of emerger.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of emerger.
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
emerge
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- English terms derived from Middle French
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- English verbs
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- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb affirmative forms
- Spanish verb informal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -er
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
- Portuguese verb forms
